Bird flu hits egg supply

By PAUL MILLAR LOCAL egg producers are being inundated with calls to help make up a shortfall in supplies, following an outbreak of bird flu...

Keeping boats right side up

By PAUL MILLAR BOAT owners will receive a few lessons in reality during an awareness campaign at the Ocean Grove boat ramp on Sunday. The theme...

Cheesy mayor hams it up in new venture

By PAUL MILLAR DARRYN Lyons, the mayor with attitude, is now a part-owner of Pizzas with Attitude. The councillor with the rainbow plumage, however, said that...

‘Put our city up on big screen’

By PAUL MILLAR LOCAL councillor Eddy Kontelj has floated the idea of erecting a big screen in the heart of the city to help revitalise...

SPORT: Finals charge on in earnest

By JIM TIMBERLAKE CRICKET returns tomorrow after a two week Christmas break, with the Geelong Cricket Club well placed at the mid-point of the season...

SPORT: Summer’s sensational for saltwater action

By BRIAN LONG SUMMER is the perfect time to hit the bays for some of the best saltwater action the region has to offer. Over the...

SPORT: Lara boosts soccer cup

By PAUL MILLAR VICTORIAN soccer’s longest running cup competition will take on a new look at the end of this month with ambitious local side,...

SPORT: Surf teams set to go national

By MICHELLE HERBISON TORQUAY Boardriders Club has triumphed in an inaugural Victorian round of a surfing competition at Cape Woolamai on Phillip Island. The Be...

JOIN THE CLUB: Club offering a chance to duel

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN FOR MOST of us, fencing refers to the boundary around our property. But it does have a connection to swordplay. Both were part...

SPORT: Cats need victory before break

By JIM TIMBERLAKE GEELONG Cricket Club will be ruing the introduction of Twenty20 cricket to the Premier League fixture after losing all four of its...

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...

From the archives

16 years ago 22 January, 2010 Thieves are targeting high-tech gadgets in an “alarming rise” in thefts from cars around Geelong, according to police. Favourite targets include...

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