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Chip in for McKellar Centre, golfers urged

GOLFERS will tee off for the region’s peak rehabilitation and aged care facility at Barwon Heads in March. Organisers said 13th Beach would host the...

Fund-raiser’s wipe out: Charity dumps surf hero

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN A NATIONAL breast cancer charity has withdrawn its permission for Torquqay big-wave surfer Jeff Rowley to use its name in fund-raising. National...

Mobile ‘hotline’ targets littering

By MICHELLE HERBISON A NEW anti-litter campaign will encourage witnesses to report lawbreakers via a mobile website, Barwon Regional Waste Management Group has announced. Group chair...

Punter Tom now all-American

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN ACCOLADES are continuing to flow for Geelong footballer Tom Hornsey after he last week won a prestigious award as American college...

Sophia’s golden service wins Duke’s award

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN HIGHTON over-achiever Sophia McQuillan spent more than 10,000 hours during the past 18 months building cubby houses, planting vegie gardens, learning...

Cirque du runaway’s heading home to Lara

By NOEL MURPHY CIRQUE du Soleil star and Olympic athlete Trudy McIntosh is heading home to Lara after almost six years touring with the internationally-acclaimed...

Call for bodybuilder syringes

By NOEL MURPHY CLEAN-syringe programs need to target muscle-building steroid users, a Geelong public health expert has warned. Deakin University lecturer Matthew Dunn said health services...

Osborne Park ‘Artz’ bid: Latest plan ‘gathering dust’ in City Hall

By NOEL MURPHY OSBORNE Park, left in limbo for two decades, would become a major arts and cultural centre under latest plans gathering dust at...

Highton poet’s fertile ground for big literary awards

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN HIGHTON poet and teacher Brendan Ryan knows he will never escape his Panmure dairy farming upbringing. So the wordsmith uses his formative...

Music festival to rock March

BY MICHELLE HERBISON MOTOR City Music Festival is now inviting applications from local bands and market stalls to get involved in the inaugural event at...

Fighting fit after heart transplant

By MICHELLE HERBISON TWELVE months of boot camp and personal training has left Bell Park’s Kelly Hodgson feeling healthier than ever after a heart transplant....

Local tech jobs going Sky high

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN GEELONG-based Sky Software will create 40 jobs in a new global support centre for sales of its growing student management system,...

Outpost celebrates 35 years

The Outpost has provided warm meals and a safe space for people experiencing homelessness for 35 years. Independent photographer Ivan Kemp went along to...

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