Health care hopes: 24-hour clinic in pipeline
By Michelle HerbisonBELLARINE Community Health is investigating locations for a 24-hour emergency clinic on the Bellarine Peninsula.
Chief executive officer John Fendyk said he...
Never too old for Port festival activities
Festival fun: Judy Margolis, Hazel Ingram, Jenny Wills and Harold Waldron get into the spirit of the ageing well festival. By Michelle HerbisonA PORTARLINGTON...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Band feels city’s heat
Irritating: Oh Mercy’s Alexander Gow likes to pen lyrics that get up listeners’ noses.By Cherie DonnellanCREATING fictional characters inspired Oh Mercy frontman Alexander Gow...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Stripping at festival
Stripped: Hat Fitz and Cara Robinson play Bellbrae’s Harvester Moon Festival next week.By Cherie DonnellanCOUNTRY-BLUES duo Hat Fitz and Cara Robinson wanted to “strip”...
JOIN THE CLUB: Club’s swimmers ‘making a splash’
In the swim: Geelong Swimming Club state short-course championships competitors, at top, Fraser Mahony, Molly Parkinson, Aaron Ford, Patrick Bartlett and Lance Ahmling and,...
Sell port ‘harder’, says MP
By Noel MurphyCORIO Bay and Geelong’s port need to be higher on the mayoral agenda as critical to Geelong’s future, according to federal MP...
Deakin founder ‘inspiration’
By Noel MurphyDEAKIN University’s founding vice-chancellor, Professor Fred Jevons, has died in Melbourne after a long battle with illness.
He was aged in his 80s.
The...
City research could save thousands: Mozzies virus breakthrough
Breakthrough: Dr Prasad Pradkar at work in his Moolap laboratory. By John Van KlaverenA GEELONG breakthrough in preventing mosquito-borne viruses could save thousands of...
Rugby ‘love’ wins state award
Top sport: Richard Haugh, rugby volunteer of the year.By Noel MurphyGEELONG rugby mainstay Richard Haugh is the kind of community fixture who typifies the...
Fund food before cars, urges Costa
By Noel MurphyAVALON Airport’s future as an international food freight centre needs greater government support to the vegetable-growing sector, says produce king Frank Costa.
The...
Skimmer ‘set for February’
Seabus’s Kim Sorenson, accountant Daniel Hopgood with investor Andrew Senia at the secret Geelong factory.By Michelle HerbisonAN AUSTRALIAN-FIRST sea-skimming passenger service will launch in...
Mark builds a better Mousetrap
Wooden wonder: Mark Wardle with The Marble Steps.By Noel MurphyWHAT HAPPENS in the shed usually stays in the shed but occasionally something surprising emerges...
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...
