FINALLY FRIDAY: Our opera royalty
By MICHELLE HERBISON
SOPRANO Donna King owes her opera career to renowned Geelong singing teacher Marcelle Cortous Grose-Menzel.
The 41-year-old from a “completely non-musical family” wanted...
JOIN THE CLUB: Two-wheel tourers
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
PEOPLE once rode bikes almost solely to get somewhere - kids to school, the rare employee to work, racers to the...
Art wizard shows Hollywood how to get real with Oz
By NOEL MURPHY
DISNEY’S latest retelling of The Wizard of Oz might be a provocative prequel but artist Robert Ingpen’s take on the classic is...
Sign of fight in pokie enemies
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A LARGE advertising billboard in North Geelong is highlighting $111 million in annual losses on the region’s gaming machines.
Anti-pokies campaigner Paul...
New uses ahead for Port’s icon rotunda
By MICHELLE HERBISON
PORTARLINGTON’S iconic rotunda could become an information centre to benefit tourists and community groups, according to the town’s business association.
Portarlington Business Development...
Hall to honour retired Port teacher
By MICHELLE HERBISON
RECENTLY-retired Portarlington Primary School teacher of 29 years, Jill Graham is looking forward to enjoying her new “three Rs”: reunions, retirement and...
A penny farthing for Rod’s cycling thoughts
By NOEL MURPHY
VELOCIPEDES, penny farthings, high-wheelers, tricycles, roadsters - think of any type of old bicycle and it’s a fair bet Rod...
Leopold men shed apathy to open gathering place
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE blokes of Leopold have welcomed their very own men’s shed with open arms.
Shed president Phil Hayden said ample volunteers were...
Asbestos land given ‘all clear’, says shire
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
TORQUAY residents have continued to find asbestos on a development site despite Surf Coast Shire ruling it safe.
Landowners posted a video on...
Charges on second coffee suspended for the needy
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A GEELONG café has brought a worldwide charitable trend called suspended coffee to the region, with an unprecedented customer response.
Lavish owner...
Mayor vows faster, can-do council
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A 24-HOUR turnaround for straightforward planning permits is part of Mayor Keith Fagg’s aims for his newly-established Enterprise Geelong.
“We need to...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Run for the covers
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A PLAN to include a cover song in Mark Seymour’s next original album resulted in a whole CD covering some of his...
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...
