FINALLY FRIDAY: Guitarist hits The Wall
ABOUT once every two years virtuoso guitarist Bruce Mathiske allows himself to listen to his favourite album of all time, Pink Floyd’s The Wall.
He...
Master of puppets
VENTRILOQIST David Strassman introduced technology into his comedy routine with infamous puppets Chuck Wood and Ted E Bear in the 1980s but he’s still...
JOIN THE CLUB: Beaut budgies
FEW PEOPLE know that the budgie is found only in Australia.
Budgies have also enriched our lexicon - think budgie smugglers, budgie bath and refusing...
Absence of Lyme help ticks off fundraiser
WHEN Michelle Kelly’s fatigue, pain and weakness continued deteriorating she suspected a doctor’s diagnosis of chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia was inaccurate.
The 42-year-old of Portarlington,...
Fifth of recyclables ‘in rubbish’
ALMOST 20 per cent of the region’s rubbish is recyclable, according to new research.
Barwon Regional Waste Management Group chair Cr Andy Richards said the...
Ghostly goings on spook staff, patrons: My pub’s haunted
A POLTERGEIST with a knack for scaring the daylights out of people has staff and contractors spooked at Geelong West’s Irish Murphy's pub.
“Mary”,...
School, state say stop bullies
ENGAGEMENT and feeling connected with school is the key to preventing bullying, according to a primary school well-being officer.
Geelong East Primary School’s Dianne Bennett...
Solar credits for panel-less Harry
FRESHWATER Creek’s Harry Cook was left stunned after phoning his power company about a late bill only to find it was never sent.
Mr Cook...
Winchelsea grassfire
Country Fire Authority units attended a medium size fast moving grass-fire in the Inverleigh-Winchelsea area on Thursdat afternoon.
CFA said the southerly fire spread towards Winchelsea had...
Buckets&Bouquets
BOUQUETS to the pleasant young female staff at IGA Portarlington. They are an asset to the supermarket.
PB, Portarlington
BUCKETS to jet-ski riders who came perilously...
Call for scheme to fund ‘sex services’
SEX services should be available through a new Disability Care national insurer launched in Geelong, according to a leading rehabilitation expert.
James Cook University’s Professor...
Fears artefacts sold to dealers
HERITAGE items donated to Geelong Museum Association might have ended up in the hands of scrap dealers, according to president Bec Gurrie.
She said the...
From the archives
15 years ago
September 17, 2010
Avalon Airport should have a rail link to Melbourne to ensure Victoria is Australia’s national entry point, according to the...
