JOIN THE CLUB: Driving passions behind Geelong car club’s success
Racing: A competitor hits the track at Geelong Motorsport Complex.JOHN VAN KLAVERENMOTOR sport is usually considered high-cost but Western District Car Club offers relatively...
Star’s youth beat
Rocking on: Travis Demsey.ERIN PEARSONA FORMER rock star is helping troubled Geelong teenagers reach for their dreams.
Former The Living End member Travis Demsey said...
SHATTERED LIVES: Running for recovery
Rehabilitation: Katherine Johnson stretches out at Landy Field.JOHN VAN KLAVERENGOAL setting was never a strong suit for Geelong West’s Katherine Johnson before her accident.
The...
Shop traded in stolen products, court hears
KIM WATERSA CORIO milk bar owner caught selling stolen groceries has learnt “a massive lesson”, a court heard this week.
Ibraham Elsekmani, 52, fronted...
New program to help victims, families cope with cancer
Initiative: Sue Bowles at Geelong’s Andrew Love Cancer Centre. KIM WATERSA GEELONG-first program for cancer patients and their families will provide free information...
Dutch honour for ‘terrible time’ in war
Honoured: William ‘Bill’ Langenberg holds a picture of himself as a Dutch serviceman with granddaughter Corina Van Arend and great grandson Jet. JOHN VAN...
Golf plan on course for work
KIM WATERSCOUNCIL has approved a 45-hectare redevelopment for North Geelong’s former golf course after eight years of negotiations with developers.
Councillors voted this week...
Authority ‘to put bite on river dog walkers’
JOHN VAN KLAVERENIRRESPONSIBLE owners walking unrestrained dogs along the Barwon River face a crackdown, according to Corangamite Catchment Management Authority.
The authority said owners failing...
Ex-Indy reporter ‘trapped in riots’
KIM WATERSA FORMER Independent journalist living in London has described her “frightening” experience caught in the city’s violent riots.
Jessica Benton, who moved...
Christian on a roll with Laurie’s invention
Wheely inventive: Christian Thomas and Laurie Moorfoot with the modified wheelchair. JOHN VAN KLAVERENA FUTILE 18-month worldwide search for mobility has ended in a local...
MP’s drugs push: Call to ‘inject’ facility
ERIN PEARSONSTATE Government should investigate installing safe injecting rooms in Geelong after three drug overdose deaths last week, according to an MP.
Labor Member for...
Icon for Geelong opens with entries call
Put on your thinking caps: Icon for Geelong founder Andrew Senia and Mayor John Mitchell call for entries in the $10,000 competition to design...
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Three rounds to go before finals
It was beautiful weather for tennis as Tuesday Midweek kicked off this week, although the wind did pick up later in the day to...
