JOIN THE CLUB: Women’s work done for CWA
BY JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
"IT'S not all tea and scones,” declares Drysdale Country Women’s Association stalwart Shirley Rogerson.
The long-time committee member suggested people come and...
Solar panel idea for dam surface
By NOEL MURPHY
FLOATING solar panels on Geelong’s water supply at Wurdee Boluc Reservoir could be an an idea worth pursuing, according to Geelong Environment...
SPORT: Summer sizzles
By Brian Long
SETTLED conditions last weekend produced some outstanding captures.
Troy Barns fished the 18-metre line directly out from St Leonards where just on daybreak...
SPORT: Flying Cats go country
By Jim Timberlake
GEELONG Cricket Club consolidated its position well inside the top eight last weekend with a stirring victory over Casey South Melbourne.
In a...
Ex-councillor does numbers to reveal power bills ‘rip-off’
By NOEL MURPHY
ELECTRICITY retailers are ripping off local customers by refusing to detail consumer use or charge proper tariff rates, according to a former...
Zakhele and friends on the run to help orphanage
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
PLENTY of high-profile fun runs and surf swims feature along the region’s coast every summer but a relatively low-key event this...
Classic weekend of motoring set for city’s waterfront
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
CLASSIC cars will overrun Geelong’s waterfront this weekend.
Organisers said the second annual Geelong Revival would be one of the largest motoring...
New mayor goes global: Lyons rides vote-count rollercoaster of emotions to mayoral office
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG’S choice of Darryn Lyons as mayor has featured in global media, including the front page of Britain’s biggest-selling newspaper, the...
MPs’ Canberra battle over tax
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE CARBON tax is “causing damage” in Geelong, “perhaps the most carbon-intensive city in the country”, Liberal MP Sarah Henderson has...
Our soldiers in return from Afghanistan war
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THREE Geelong soldiers have returned from Afghanistan’s front lines with mixed emotions: happy to be home but leaving a part of...
Local families’ violence surge
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’S “filthy little secret” - family violence - jumped an alarming 44 per cent across Geelong in the past year, according to...
New fear for Alcoa: Generator bid as profit from subsidy revealed
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
NEW documents about Alcoa of Australia’s operations suggest its Point Henry smelter will close next year, according to the Greens.
Victorian Greens...
26-year drought broken
Anglesea broke a 26-year premiership drought by defeating Geelong Amateur in the Bellarine Football League grand final. Independent photographer Ivan Kemp was at Grinter...
