FINALLY FRIDAY: Intuitive twins harmonise best
BY MICHELLE HERBISON
ALICIA Egan had been singing intuitive harmonies with identical twin sister Alanna for so long that she provoked surprise when she started...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Hamlet in a time warp
By MICHELLE HERBISON
GEELONG Botanic Gardens will experience a time-warp when theatre company Ozact brings Shakespeare’s Hamlet into the 1940s in an intimate outdoor performance....
FINALLY FRIDAY: When Aussies ruled
By MICHELLE HERBISON
ENGLISH country singing star of the 1960s Frank Ifield will join Aussie Keith Potger of The Seekers fame live on stage in...
Artist connects the spots
By NOEL MURPHY
PORT Phillip Bay has long played a vital role to the life of Geelong and right now this striking image of its...
Dimmeys staff face forced sale
By NOEL MURPHY
DIMMEYS Geelong staff face an uncertain future as administrators look to sell the budget retail chain after it sustained $3 million in...
Disc golf slips into Barwon’s fun park
By PAUL MILLAR
YOU can now slip a disc and enjoy the experience following the creation of a disc golf course in Geelong.
The first permanent...
SPORT: Quality specimens offer fantastic summer fishing
By BRIAN LONG
THE fishing has certainly hotted up this past week with anglers finding quality fishing to be had from both fresh and saltwater...
SPORT: Cats push for outright win
By JIM TIMBERLAKE
GEELONG Cricket Club kicked off the new year in sensational fashion last Saturday, taking first innings points on day one of their...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Waters finds new layers
By MICHELLE HERBISON
DELVING into the song lyrics of Beatles legend John Lennon helped Australian stage star John Waters represent the man and his life...
Keep on truckin’
By NOEL MURPHY
TRUCKS and tractors, tools and toys - a vintage mechanical frenzy is set for Geelong Showgrounds this weekend.
Steam engines, internal combustion donks,...
Search for invisibility: Deakin helps US Air Force
By NOEL MURPHY
INVISIBILITY cloaks might make for magic Harry Potter entertainment but for Deakin University’s Tiffany Walsh and the US Air Force they’re deadly...
Shooter fears curb big cat reports
By NOEL MURPHY
A FEAR of luring cowboy shooters into the local bushland keeps farmers from reporting more sightings of big cats and Tasmanian tigers,...
From the archives
17 years ago
October 17, 2008
Ford would slash 450 jobs at its Geelong and Broadmeadows plants under a new round of cuts, the company announced...
