FINALLY FRIDAY: ‘80s enough for ‘retro’ rockers
Blasts from past: Absolutely 80s’ Dale Ryder, Brian Mannix and Scott Carne.by CHERIE DONNELLANEighties pop singer Scott Carne is promising Geelong a wave of...
Animal instinct gives Sally’s art human perspective
Brushing up: Sally Ford at the easel in her Moriac studio. Picture: TOMMY RITCHIE 89805By NOEL MURPHYMORIAC's Sally Ford is turning her happy knack...
Boats, kids in: row on safety
Safety: Richard Davies.By NOEL MURPHYAN ugly brawl has erupted over beachgoer safety at Torquay’s Fishermans Beach.
Torquay Angling Club boss Steve Burton and Great Ocean...
Organ recipients alive 25 years after tragedy: Love and lives live on
89794_01Jenny Richmond and her husband BruceBy NOEL MURPHYLOVE letters aren’t usually like this but the note Newtown’s Jenny and Bruce Richmond wrote to their...
Dual-award DVD preseves history
Winners: The students who produced the winning DVD with a statue celebrating the men who buitl the Great Ocean Road. Picture: Tommy Ritchie 89816_01By...
Brain damage cuts court fine
By Michelle HerbisonA WOMAN'S brain damage lessened her punishment for possession of methamphetamine and stolen goods, a Geelong magistrate ruled this week.
Magistrate Michael...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Lawrie only does it for the Mooney
Absurd: Comedian Lawrence Mooney.By Cherie DonnellanMELBOURNE funnyman Lawrence Mooney confesses to having a “sense of the absurd” – and he thinks Geelong people have...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Sweet on Queenscliff festival
Sweet sounds: Geelong’s Sweethearts in action.By Cherie DonnellanIMAGINE being a Geelong teenager followed around Europe by a film crew.
That was the glamorous experience of...
JOIN THE CLUB: Check mates
Game if you are: Ben Kersten at the chessboard. By John Van KlaverenWHEN IT comes to games, chess is just about the grand master...
City demo for sport ‘hi-tech’
By John Van KlaverenSPORTS technology entrepreneurs from around Australia will head to Skilled Stadium next week hoping to win funding for their ideas.
Geelong-based...
Mill Markets boss ‘sacked’
Out: Ian BallisBy Michelle HerbisonMILL Markets administrators have sacked former boss Ian Ballis.
The Independent revealed in August that Sellers Muldoon Benton had taken...
Back to future with retro fever in Geelong
Back then: National Wool Museum’s Padraic L Fisher with some of the latest retro exhibition.By Noel MurphyRETRO Geelong is in vogue, with exhibitions, online...
From the Archives
16 years ago
July 10, 2009
Residents and local politicians fear the “Leopold pong” emitting from Lake Connewarre could have a huge impact on the natural...
