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Teen Tess ‘gets real’ with album

ERIN PEARSON AN ALBUM is like a business card for 16-year-old music sensation Tess Guthrie. The Torquay teenager said her career choice seemed “even more...

‘Bigger council’ bid

KIM WATERS Queenscliff’s council has cited the “increased stress” of its workload in a call for funding to elect two extra councillors, according to a...

Site set on bank project at Heads

KIM WATERS The finalisation of site negotiations have “locked in” plans for a Barwon Heads community bank, according to a committee spokesperson. Barwon Heads Community...

MOTOR: T-bucket

The T-Bucket became the most identifiable hot rod after ’50s television series 77 Sunset Strip’s cool dude, Kookie, drove a flame-red T. GREG WANEThe...

ENTERTAINMENT: Bells rings for Airey’s

ERIN PEARSON BOOK worms will get their own fix of Rip Curl Pro action this weekend when the competition’s history barrels down the coast, according...

Geelong punters set to catch YellowFever

Hanging around: YellowFever is on the way to Geelong.ERIN PEARSON AUSTRALIA is like Texas, according to YellowFever front man Adam Jones. “The landscape and people’s misconceptions...

JOIN THE CLUB: Enter the dragon: rowing club up the Barwon with 20 paddles

Fired up: Firecats members practice their strokes. JOHN VAN KLAVERENMost of us like to march to the beat of our own drum. But Geelong...

‘Pre-pay’ fuel call for servos

ERIN PEARSON Making customers pay before filling up could stop petrol thefts at Geelong service stations, according to the city’s top cop. Inspector Chris Gawne urged...

Leading agent to strike out on own

New brand: Daniel Hayes and Michelle Winckle.KIM WATERS A leading Geelong real estate agent has left one of the city’s major franchises to start his...

Council’s $10,000 ‘check’ for chess

Checkmates: Mayor John Mitchell with chess grandmaster Darryl Johansen. JOHN VAN KLAVEREN Geelong has proven it’s no pawn with a checkmate of Sydney to win...

One woman, ‘300 charges’

KIM WATERS A woman on about 300 theft-related charges has single-handedly almost tripled Queenscliff’s annual crime rate, according to police. Queenscliff Sergent Steve Brand said police...

Man who ‘lost the plot’ planning to live in Geelong

KIM WATERS A Lismore man who threatened to kill friends, neighbours and police plans to move to Geelong, a court heard this week. Forty-six-year-old Thomas...

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‘Giant yellow waterfall’ returns to Barwon Heads

Barwon River will be a sea of yellow as thousands of rubber ducks get thrown off the Barwon Heads Bridge this Easter Saturday. ...