FINALLY FRIDAY: Courthouse on a Fony journey
By MICHELLE HERBISON
PLAYWRIGHTS Ross Mueller and Georgina Capper took their four Fony 2013 cast-members on a journey as they wrote the production specifically for...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Fanning’s city show
By MICHELLE HERBISON
AUSTRALIAN rock royalty Bernard Fanning will play Geelong’s Costa Hall on 10 August, the former Powderfinger front-man has announced.
Following the release of...
DisabilityCare takes another step
Commonwealth and Victorian governments have come to an agreement on arrangements to transition people with disability into DisabilityCare Australia, the national disability insurance scheme.
Commonwealth...
Murlocs shiver at FReeZa
By MICHELLE HERBISON
RETURNING to Bellarine Secondary College to play with students from their old school will be “scary” for the young members of The...
Coach swinging ‘flexible’ Cats
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE flexibility that has already helped the Cats overcome significant deficits in three games this season is no accident, coach Chris...
Plant opens as sale under way
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN AND MICHELLE HERBISON
A $94 million sewage treatment plant meant to ween Shell off Geelong’s drinking water has opened a month...
Consistency key to hardware store Shop Local win
CONSISTENCY has earned a Shop Local Geelong Customer Service Award for Fagg’s Mitre 10, according to the company’s boss.
Chief executive officer Mark Edmonds welcomed...
Households blamed for beach ‘dumping’
THE Great Ocean Road is becoming a great ocean dumping ground as illegally dumped household rubbish takes over bins meant for beachgoers, according to...
Buckets & Bouquets
BOUQUETS to a lady who stands up for cats in the Independent. Cats were created by God and, like us, need to eat, so...
Lyric fit for a King
By MICHELLE HERBISON
SINGING, dancing, colourful costumes and sets and an entertaining storyline make Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s The King and I an enjoyable...
Off-roaders love their buggies
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THEY can find themselves racing on a variety of surfaces, emulating anything from a rally to speedway, against an assortment of...
Firms ‘lacking NBN capacity’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG businesses are significantly underprepared for the NBN and its 100 megabits of speed, according to a Deloitte Access Economics survey.
The...
New chair for KP Trust
Kardinia Park Stadium Trust has a new chair with John Eren bringing valuable experience across tourism, sport and major events.
Mr Eren has been a...
