Fifth of recyclables ‘in rubbish’
ALMOST 20 per cent of the region’s rubbish is recyclable, according to new research.
Barwon Regional Waste Management Group chair Cr Andy Richards said the...
Ghostly goings on spook staff, patrons: My pub’s haunted
A POLTERGEIST with a knack for scaring the daylights out of people has staff and contractors spooked at Geelong West’s Irish Murphy's pub.
“Mary”,...
School, state say stop bullies
ENGAGEMENT and feeling connected with school is the key to preventing bullying, according to a primary school well-being officer.
Geelong East Primary School’s Dianne Bennett...
Solar credits for panel-less Harry
FRESHWATER Creek’s Harry Cook was left stunned after phoning his power company about a late bill only to find it was never sent.
Mr Cook...
Winchelsea grassfire
Country Fire Authority units attended a medium size fast moving grass-fire in the Inverleigh-Winchelsea area on Thursdat afternoon.
CFA said the southerly fire spread towards Winchelsea had...
Buckets&Bouquets
BOUQUETS to the pleasant young female staff at IGA Portarlington. They are an asset to the supermarket.
PB, Portarlington
BUCKETS to jet-ski riders who came perilously...
Call for scheme to fund ‘sex services’
SEX services should be available through a new Disability Care national insurer launched in Geelong, according to a leading rehabilitation expert.
James Cook University’s Professor...
Fears artefacts sold to dealers
HERITAGE items donated to Geelong Museum Association might have ended up in the hands of scrap dealers, according to president Bec Gurrie.
She said the...
Big revenue in ’free campers’
CAMPERVAN tourists have hit back at concerns they are freeloading on the region’s public facilities to the detriment of accommodation providers.
Campervan and Motorhome Club...
Lib edge in South Barwon, Bellarine: Seats face ’redraw’
POPULATION growth is set to force the redrawing of three Geelong state seats under Victoria’s first electoral re-division in 10 years.
South Barwon, Bellarine and...
Save trees, feds urged
A SMALL stand of sugar gums and pines at Lara need heritage protection to safeguard their role as the earliest known trees honouring Geelong...
TAFE stalls, others rise
GEELONG’S Gordon Institute of TAFE had no increase in government-subsidised enrolments last year but private and community training places jumped 130 per cent, a...
Community calendar
80s Dance Party
Dress up in your 80s gear. Tony Rebairo & The Bureau, July 11, 7pm-midnight, Club Italia, 515 Bellarine Hwy, Moolap. $20 at...
