Avalon ferry hope for Geelong
By NOEL MURPHY
A NEW FERRY option for Avalon Airport could have Seacats plying passenger trade to and from Geelong.
Proponent Lyons Capital told the Independent...
JOIN THE CLUB: It’s hip to be square dancers in Geelong
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
WITH a do-si-do and a swing into a promenade, members of Geelong Club Dancers will have an extra pep in their...
Dogs on trial at Belmont
PEOPLE with impaired vision will have "trial walks" with guide dogs during a special visit to Geelong.
Seeing Eye Dogs Australia (SEDA) said it would...
New event offers a rare chance to sip leading wines
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
LOCAL wine connoisseurs will have the chance to sample some of Australia’s top wines when a trade day is thrown open...
Council restates stance on Creek
By NOEL MURPHY
SURF Coast council will tell an independent panel considering growth options for Torquay that its stance against housing west of Duffields Road...
Battle for The Sands: Residents object to aged care bid
By NOEL MURPHY
TORQUAY'S The Sands can expect a fight from resort residents unhappy with plans to convert its hotel into an aged-care facility.
Two hundred...
Link slam slammed: Call for freeway-standard project
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
BUILDING anything less than a freeway-standard bypas extension to Portarlington Rd would be "short-sighted planning", according to the Drysdale Clifton Springs...
Slim pickings as ‘pork barrel’ down to scraps
By NOEL MURPHY
IT MIGHT have been the major parties' pork-barrelling exercise par excellence but the federal battle for the marginal seat of Corangamite is...
Big Ford plans bemuse union
By NOEL MURPHY
FORD Geelong workers facing redundancy could be forgiven for thinking their employer is on top of the world instead of sacking half...
Sweet taste of jazz
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
HOT Club Swing’s Phil Smurthwaite notes a symmetry between the name of his band’s third album and the Geelong West venue in...
Dr warns over flu and gastro
By NOEL MURPHY
RAMPANT winter flu and gastro bugs gripping Geelong could spread further without proper treatment and attention to hygiene, doctors have warned.
"One of...
Papers pile-up ‘overworks JPs’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG Justices of the Peace are shouldering a doubled workload because of a Department of Justice backlog on new appointments.
Coordinator of...
Shandelle seeks new musical horizons
Shandelle Cooke is one of Geelong’s best-loved performers, but the chanteuse is not content to rest on her laurels.
This month Cooke launches two new...
