SPORT: Hot tips for fishing action around the Geelong region over summer
By BRIAN LONG
WITH holidays near, now’s the time for a rundown on the best fishing locations around Geelong over summer.
Geelong’s waterfront provides a variety...
New jobs in chems
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG council hopes to ramp up activity in its northern industrial estate following a “land revaluation”, according to deputy mayor Bruce...
Chip in for McKellar Centre, golfers urged
GOLFERS will tee off for the region’s peak rehabilitation and aged care facility at Barwon Heads in March.
Organisers said 13th Beach would host the...
Fund-raiser’s wipe out: Charity dumps surf hero
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A NATIONAL breast cancer charity has withdrawn its permission for Torquqay big-wave surfer Jeff Rowley to use its name in fund-raising.
National...
Mobile ‘hotline’ targets littering
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A NEW anti-litter campaign will encourage witnesses to report lawbreakers via a mobile website, Barwon Regional Waste Management Group has announced.
Group chair...
Punter Tom now all-American
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
ACCOLADES are continuing to flow for Geelong footballer Tom Hornsey after he last week won a prestigious award as American college...
Sophia’s golden service wins Duke’s award
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
HIGHTON over-achiever Sophia McQuillan spent more than 10,000 hours during the past 18 months building cubby houses, planting vegie gardens, learning...
Cirque du runaway’s heading home to Lara
By NOEL MURPHY
CIRQUE du Soleil star and Olympic athlete Trudy McIntosh is heading home to Lara after almost six years touring with the internationally-acclaimed...
Call for bodybuilder syringes
By NOEL MURPHY
CLEAN-syringe programs need to target muscle-building steroid users, a Geelong public health expert has warned.
Deakin University lecturer Matthew Dunn said health services...
Osborne Park ‘Artz’ bid: Latest plan ‘gathering dust’ in City Hall
By NOEL MURPHY
OSBORNE Park, left in limbo for two decades, would become a major arts and cultural centre under latest plans gathering dust at...
Highton poet’s fertile ground for big literary awards
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
HIGHTON poet and teacher Brendan Ryan knows he will never escape his Panmure dairy farming upbringing.
So the wordsmith uses his formative...
Music festival to rock March
BY MICHELLE HERBISON
MOTOR City Music Festival is now inviting applications from local bands and market stalls to get involved in the inaugural event at...
Two dead in Geelong house fire
Police will prepare a report for the coroner following the death of two people in a house fire in Herne Hill on 27 December.
There...
