Commuter blitz on the horizon
By John Van Klaveren
Police will be scanning the Geelong’s major commuter roads for the next three weeks as part of Operation Horizon.
The blitz during...
Joinery receives jobs grant
By John Van Klaveren
A Geelong joinery has received a $230,000 grant under the Geelong Region Innovation and Investment Fund (GRIIF).
The grant for Pickering Joinery...
NDIS faces serious issues
By John Van Klaveren
The National Disability Insurance Scheme - headquartered in Geelong - faces serious issues according to assistant minister for social services, Mitch...
Hockey skates to Geelong
Geelong has won its bid to host the 2014 inline hockey national championships.
More than 500 inline skaters will battle it out for national titles...
Fire breaks out at K Park before Cats-Crows clash
FIRE has broken out at Kardinia Park just hours before the Geelong Cats are scheduled to clash with the Adelaide Crows.
The fire, which started...
Cloud over NDIS
By NOEL MURPHY
PRIME Minister Tony Abbott must clarify the future of Geelong’s NDIS headquarters - and its 300 jobs - in the face of...
Group plans to lock away park
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A COMMUNITY park in Ocean Grove has to be saved for a second time, according to a new group.
Save Ocean Grove...
Marathon rides child’s play for our Sebastian
By NOEL MURPHY
HE’S one of Geelong West’s most-colourful characters; a lime-green-and-orange-garbed harlequin peddling like fury atop a miniature pushbike.
With his wiry grey hair and...
Research discovers region sitting on carbon bounty
By NOEL MURPHY
SOIL carbon levels in the Surf Coast and Otways are up to eight times the national average, according to the CSIRO.
The CSIRO’s...
Bartel quietly reaches game 250
By PAUL MILLAR
JIMMY Bartel doesn’t fit the bill of a high profile AFL star preparing for his 250th game.
Something’s seriously missing.
There was no swagger,...
City ‘dismisses servo concern’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG council had been “dismissive” over the Drysdale community's unease at a proposed third service station for the town, according to...
In the spirit
A SEA of green swamped many of Geelong’s leading hostelries as St Patrick’s Day shorted this week for four days for many.
Morrie Pieper added...
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Meditation & discussion
Belmont Library, Saturday 8 November, 11am-12.30pm. Secular (non religious) group. All welcome.
■ Graeme 0438-785 512
Art & architecture
The 10 Great Houses of the...
