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...
Forecast looks swell as pros drop into Bells Beach
Red hot: Reigning world champion Kelly Slater flies at Bells Beach on Wednesday. ERIN PEARSON
A car crash and forecasts of big waves set...
Dimmeys in return as CBD confidence rises
JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Budget retailer Dimmeys will return to central Geelong when it opens a new store in Little Malop Steet, the company has announced.
And...
Buyers win in price ‘retreat’
Plateau: Harcourts’ Donna Ellmer-Buckingham.KIM WATERSA fall in Geelong’s median house price is “good news” for buyers, according to a leading agent.
Harcourts Geelong director Donna...
VFL first for Torquay
ERIN PEARSON
WILLIAMSTOWN will take on the Cats this Sunday in the first VFL match on the Surf Coast.
The Easter Sunday game will pit...
MP in primary school petition
ERIN PEARSON
FEDERAL MP Darren Cheeseman has launched a petition for a new Torquay primary school and children’s services hub.
Mr Cheeseman said the petition would...
Mate lost but never forgotten as ANZAC Day closes in
Unforgotten: Patrick Dungan remembers his war experiences. ERIN PEARSON
AS THE sun breaks over the horizon on Monday, Torquay’s Patrick Dungan will pay his respects...
Bay link bid ‘revived’
JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
VicRoads should include a Corio Bay crossing in plans to extend Geelong’s ring road extension to the Bellarine Peninsula, according to Mayor...
Mates to rise again from sea floor during Bill’s ANZAC Day
A different time: Bill Huggins dons his medals in preparation for ANZAC Day. KIM WATERS
Mates who died at the bottom of the sea will...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Country girls
Singin’ sisters: The McClymonts are in town.ERIN PEARSON
COUNTRY music has shed its daggy image, according to the McClymont sisters.
“We’re not the typical cowboy-hat-and-cowboy-boots kind...
JOIN THE CLUB: Club’s fowl passions
Fine feathered friends: Bob French with two of his prize roosters. JOHN VAN KLAVERENThe good people from Geelong and District Poultry Club have heard...
‘Dodgy tatts’ alarm in city
JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Unqualified and unregistered backyard tattooists are “butchering people” and leaving professionals to fix the mess, Geelong tattoo artists have warned.
They believe that...
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Geelong gathers to honour the Anzacs
Thousands gathered in Geelong’s CBD this morning to pay their respects to the memory of those who have fallen and those who still serve...
