FINALLY FRIDAY: For Pete’s sake
“Cool, warm and surfie” is how Australian acoustic rocker Peter Murray describes his re-recorded Blue Sky Blue album, The Byron Sessions.
“By surfie, I...
Bancoora fired up for big 50th
IT’S UNIQUE among the region’s well-known surf life saving clubs, tucked away in apparent obscurity yet eliciting passionate dedication among members.
Bancoora Surf Life Saving...
Feedback adds cafe to $45m library project
PUBLIC feedback has prompted Geelong’s council to add a cafe to its “striking” $45 million plan for the city’s library and heritage centre, according...
Pro boats ‘loaned’ for plunder of fish
FISHERMEN are borrowing commercial boats from licensed operators to plunder Corio Bay’s fish stocks, according to a new lobby group.
Friends of Corio Bay Action...
Deakin students seek ’benefactors’: Who’s their daddy?
A US DATING website has ranked Deakin University third in Australia for students seeking “sugar daddies’.
SeekingArrangement.com listed more than 100 Deakin ‘’sugar babies’’ as...
Places alliance ’risky business’
GEELONG’S council has been warned to exercise caution over a planned strategic alliance with Places Victoria because the statutory authority is in “crisis”.
Council decided...
New funding blow for local health
GEELONG has suffered a third blow amid a tit-for-tat health blame game between state and federal governments, according to a local medical sector leaders.
State...
$505m building bounty in city
By JOHN VAN KLAVERENThe value of permits for building and construction in City of Greater Geelong increased 23 per cent in the past financial...
Competitor in markets move
By MICHELLE HERBISONTWO FORMER Mill Markets sites will create competition for the brand’s Newcomb operations under new ownership revealed this week.
Williamstown’s John and Robyn...
GPs ‘bypassed’ for emergency
By MICHELLE HERBISONPATIENTS with "less-urgent" conditions are presenting at Geelong Hospital’s emergency department in numbers beyond population growth despite more doctors in the area,...
$8b port bid alive
By JOHN VAN KLAVERENSTATE Government will investigate a proposal for an $8 billion container port between Geelong and Werribee, Freedom of Information documents have...
Club cashes in
Cashed up: Rhett McGuinness and Dion Matchan play Cashflow. Picture: TOMMY RITCHIE 89182JOIN THE CLUB: Club cashes inAnyone who’s even been stumped by a...
Gordon students flying high
Students from The Gordon have received awards for topping the class in VCE last year.
Belmont High School’s Bec Pitt and Sacred Heart College’s Dana...
