Buckets & Bouquets
Bouquets to the kind person who handed in my handbag at Coles Ocean Grove intact with all the cards and bits and pieces, the...
April showers welcome after dry start
Most of the Geelong region enjoyed above-average rain in April.
Breakwater’s weather station recorded 47.2mm, while the urban area average was 50mm.
The latest 30-year average...
Geelong’s coaches ‘tweak’ game plan
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG’S coaching panel went back to school this week in hope of teaching Richmond a Sunday MCG lesson.
Chris Scott this week...
Surf’s up for salmon fun
Anglers enjoyed some outstanding surf fishing along the coast last weekend despite big waves.
John Mole and I started late on Anzac Day, eventually fishing...
White maggie is ‘one in a million’
By NOEL MURPHY
WHAT’S black and white and sends Cats fans nuts?
Hold on, better make that white and white … at least, that’s the colouring...
Barwon Prison guard earns bravery award
A BARWON Prison officer who intervened in a violent confrontation between two prisoners has received one of Corrections Victoria’s highest honours, the Medal of...
Marathon for medical marijuana
By NOEL MURPHY
TRY this next time you’re feeling fit. Squat so your hands and feet are flat on the ground. Next, jump and kick your...
Lara man missing, hut burned, car empty
POLICE are appealing for public help to find missing Lara man Murray McMillan.
Mr McMillan was last seen at his home address on 14 April and...
West link funded
The western section of the East West Link road upgrade has received $1.5 billion of federal funding.
Federal member for Corangamite Sarah Henderson said the...
Forgotten hero memorial plan
By Paul Millar
GEELONG'S Norm Lane paid the ultimate price in the service of his country.
But even residents of the suburb named after him, Norlane,...
Closter kicked on in Vietnam
By Paul Millar
FORMER Geelong Cats favourite Wayne Closter spilled blood while serving in Vietnam.
But it was on a football field rather than a war...
Our Brendan missing ‘sweetheart’
DRYSDALE’s Brendan Fox is living a lifelong dream as an army “termite” in the Middle East.
Deployed to Al Minhad Air Base in the United...
Land sale feedback wanted
Golden Plains Shire intends to sell council-owned land at 132 Milton Street, Bannockburn and wants community feedback.
The vacant parcel of 3.5 hectares in the...
