New event offers a rare chance to sip leading wines
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
LOCAL wine connoisseurs will have the chance to sample some of Australia’s top wines when a trade day is thrown open...
Council restates stance on Creek
By NOEL MURPHY
SURF Coast council will tell an independent panel considering growth options for Torquay that its stance against housing west of Duffields Road...
Battle for The Sands: Residents object to aged care bid
By NOEL MURPHY
TORQUAY'S The Sands can expect a fight from resort residents unhappy with plans to convert its hotel into an aged-care facility.
Two hundred...
Link slam slammed: Call for freeway-standard project
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
BUILDING anything less than a freeway-standard bypas extension to Portarlington Rd would be "short-sighted planning", according to the Drysdale Clifton Springs...
Slim pickings as ‘pork barrel’ down to scraps
By NOEL MURPHY
IT MIGHT have been the major parties' pork-barrelling exercise par excellence but the federal battle for the marginal seat of Corangamite is...
Big Ford plans bemuse union
By NOEL MURPHY
FORD Geelong workers facing redundancy could be forgiven for thinking their employer is on top of the world instead of sacking half...
Sweet taste of jazz
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
HOT Club Swing’s Phil Smurthwaite notes a symmetry between the name of his band’s third album and the Geelong West venue in...
Dr warns over flu and gastro
By NOEL MURPHY
RAMPANT winter flu and gastro bugs gripping Geelong could spread further without proper treatment and attention to hygiene, doctors have warned.
"One of...
Papers pile-up ‘overworks JPs’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG Justices of the Peace are shouldering a doubled workload because of a Department of Justice backlog on new appointments.
Coordinator of...
Sports grants puzzle
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
CONFUSION surrounds the purpose of $454,000 in council funding to develop sport at Armstrong Creek.
Council this week approved the funding...
The Stiffys bubble up
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
THEY wear sailor outfits and swig champagne.
Best friends Jason Leigh and Adam Stagg are also responsible for a number of odd You-Tube...
Anglers struggle to catch fish in difficult elements
By BRIAN LONG
FISHING was difficult over the past week, with only anglers who braved the elements reporting worthwhile captures.
Surf anglers struggled with a combination...
Councillor Crockett sworn in
Phoebe Crockett is officially the new Torquay Ward councillor for the Surf Coast Shire after she was sworn into the role this week. ...
