Buckets & Bouquets
BUCKETS to all the dog droppings in St Leonards, especially in the lane between Dudley Pde and Murradoc Rd. I am tired to trying...
Singer’s beaut ute
By MICHELLE HERBISON
AUSTRALIAN country music idol Lee Kernaghan’s Geelong gigs draw the “finest array” of utes and 4WDs to venues’ car parks.
“I think Geelong...
Get ‘smarts’ India
By MICHELLE HERBISON
MELBOURNE indie rock band British India is heading to Geelong following last month’s release of their fourth album Controller.
The band’s 18 May...
Uni students engineering advantage at Paralympics
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
DEAKIN University engineering students have used carbon fibre components and rapid prototyping to help Australian athletes compete for gold at the...
JOIN THE CLUB: In for a service
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
EX-SERVICEMEN and women can be a strange breed, admits RSL Geelong sub-branch president Alan Frisby with a laugh.
“They are all like-minded,...
Geelong retail giant faces legal action on ‘fake’ cosmetics: Target blames mess on Puppy
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG retailer Target is taking legal action in the United States to force suppliers to reveal the source of allegedly fake...
$10,000 boost to west’s memorial
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A $10,000 State Government grant has boosted restoration work on Geelong West’s Soldiers Memorial Plinth.
The project will reinstate the memorial’s step...
Vets soldier on with disability
By MICHELLE HERBISON
MANY Geelong region war veterans are suffering disabilities without realising they are eligible for compensation, according to a local veteran’s centre.
Geelong-Surf Coast...
Karingal appeal a winner with help of Indy
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
WIDESPREAD community support has raised more than $100,000 to furnish a new respite care centre for people with disabilities, acquired brain...
New Avalon airline ‘banned’ in Europe
By NOEL MURPHY
AVALON Airport’s first international carrier, Cebu Pacific, is the airline behind the second worst air crash in The Philippines’ history.
Cebu Pacific was...
Old jail hits the Biggs time on TV
By NOEL MURPHY
GREAT train robber Ronnie Biggs might have escaped jails in Britain, Brazil and Barbados but not Old Geelong Gaol.
The former UK most...
Professor slams ASIO over advice
By NOEL MURPHY
SRI Lankan asylum seekers are jailed in Australia as security threats on advice to ASIO from the government they fled, according to...
Get spooked at Spookfest
Drysdale’s Potato Shed will transform into a Halloween wonderland for a day full of family-friendly activities and entertainment.
Spookfest Family Fun Day...
