Plan to protect Belmont wetland
By NOEL MURPHY
BELMONT’S Jerringot wetlands are set for a $700,000 upgrade under new plans to safeguard their 100-plus bird species, native fish and endangered...
Giant crane’s heavy burden in city
By NOEL MURPHY
A GIANT metal crane soaring over Geelong’s Myers St has been a dogman’s dogsbody lugging massive weights skyward for six months in...
Country club’s hitting chords
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE spirit of Henry Lawson and Banjo Patterson lives on in country music and a group of Geelong fans is doing...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Stangel reborn
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
MICHAEL Stangel was an Aussie battler of the music world until he stepped onto hit reality show The Voice’s audition stage.
The Geelong...
Inside 50 challege to Cats, says Scott
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
CATS training sessions for media photo opportunities are usually light-hearted sessions, perhaps involving a bit of touch footy or a fun...
Youth choir all grown up for 25th anniversary concert
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG Youth Choir is not so young any more.
Celebrating its 25th birthday next month, the choir is looking for as many...
Wireless users pay for federal spectrum sale
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THOUSANDS of Geelong small businesses, schools and community groups will be forced to replace wireless audio equipment after the Federal Government...
Couple’s love makes Monty mobile
By NOEL MURPHY
MEET Monty the peripatetic paraplegic pug and his pusher.
After surgery failed to fix his spinal problem, owners Sheridan and Nathan Billings, of...
Silo ‘high-wire work’ recalled
By NOEL MURPHY
DANGLING aloft 120 metres above the hard ground of the old Fyansford cement works is hardly everyone’s cup of tea.
Nor is...
FBT hits Ford jobs: Sales carnage forces ‘down days’
By NOEL MURPHY
FRINGE benefits tax changes are set to cost Geelong Ford staff 12 days of work in the next six weeks, the company...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Recipe for a prequel to Desire
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
START with a "burlesquey" play, add copious amounts of slapstick comedy, mix acts until vaudevillian, top with a dash of darkness and...
Magnificent 7s for local voters
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG voters have a choice of seven candidates in each of the region’s two federal electorates at the 7 September election.
The...
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. ...
