100 holes in one day to test limits of golfers
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
AS any weekend hacker will testify, 18 holes of golf can be the world’s most-frustrating pastime.
Try 100 holes - in one...
Local museum ‘under a cloud’
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG might be building a new $40 million heritage centre but its only museum of local collections faces losing its home.
Geelong...
Laughs on Kate in new GC mag
By Editorial
LIFE'S a laugh for funny girl Kate McLennan.
The Belmont-raised comedian has forged a sparkling career on stage and screen with a rare talent...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Opera all jazzed up
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
AN opera singer and a jazz pianist walk into a restaurant - it sounds like the beginning of a joke but when...
SPORT: ‘Too old, too slow’ and still too good
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
AN all Hawthorn-Geelong weekend looms as the respective AFL and VFL teams prepare to meet each other in highly-anticipated clashes.
The Cats’...
Ruff justice: Dogs’ day in court
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
A CHARITY hopes to save two Geelong stray dogs from death row in a legal precedent.
The charity has retained a lawyer to...
It’s not easy being Smith – but common
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
BEING a Smith means never having to spell your name.
Your surname, at least - Bannockburn’s Cherry Smith still has to tell...
Local speed, traffic light camera figures: Fines fall, revenue up
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
SPEED and red-light cameras are catching fewer suburban drivers in Geelong but they are paying more in fines, according to new...
Big field looms for $500K mayor vote
By NOEL MURPHY
A MELBOURNE Cup field of candidates is looming for Geelong’s mayoral election in November.
Nominations open next month but the field of potential...
Man grew dope ‘for retirement’
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
A 69-YEAR-OLD Norlane man grew seven cannabis plants so he would have a supply of marijuana when he moved into a retirement...
Push to save Avalon work
By NOEL MURPHY
MORE than 300 Qantas workers face a bleak Christmas as the national carrier looks to cut more jobs from its Avalon servicing...
$100m apartments bid ‘to create jobs for 1000’
By NOEL MURPHY
A $100 MILLION project of 500 student apartments a stone’s throw from Deakin University’s Waterfront campus is the latest big-ticket building project...
Police nab 20
Twenty people have been caught doing the wrong thing in Geelong after police flooded the CBD during a two-day patrol approach.
The STOP...
