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,...
Port tones for festival
By PAUL MILLAR
SEA farmers are toning up their mussels for Portarlington’s annual festival, to ensure they can meet the growing demand for the molluscs.
Organisers...
Candidates’ battlelines are drawn for local seats
By PAUL MILLAR
THE Liberal Party will make a concentrated attack on Lisa Neville’s seat of Bellarine at the next election.
Liberal stalwart Angelo Kakouros expected...
Alcoa closure to slam economy
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’S economy could lose up to a quarter of a billion dollars if Alcoa is to close its Point Henry plant as...
Family fears for escapee’s safety
By PAUL MILLAR
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a troubled Geelong man - who fled a minimum security jail - fearing that he could...
Corio crash proves fatal
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash which occurred in Corio this morning.
Emergency services were called to School Road about 2am on...
