Deadly mushrooms’ ideal season
Tasty or toxic: Alison Pouliot examines a fungus.By Michelle HerbisonThe REGION'S ideal autumn for poisonous mushrooms has prompted a warning from the state’s health...
Skater halfway through Nulla’
Long rider: Aaron Salta.By Cherie DonnellanBy Cherie Donnellan
A Geelong man trying to cross the Nullarbor on a skateboard is half way to proving his...
Surveillance cameras ‘stop thugs, save life’
By Michelle HerbisonA HIGH-TECH surveillance network with eyes and ears on Geelong’s streets is curbing night-time crime, according to police.
The city’s expanding network...
City push for autism school
Help wanted: Protesters outside Geelong’s Old Courthouse building calling for a school to service children with autism.By John Van KlaverenA GROUP of parents is...
Bankruptcy woe: City of broken dreams
By John Van KlaverenGEELONG suffers the greatest financial stress in the state, according to new bankruptcy and debtor figures.
The region registered 266 bankruptcies for...
Defeated Hawks left mark on Cats, says Scott
Concerns: Chris Scott fronts this week’s media conference at Simonds Stadium. By John Van KlaverenCATS coach Chris Scott is worried about the injury impact...
TALK THE TOLL DOWN: TAC warning for Easter: Road worriers
By Cherie DonnellanINCREASING fatalities and injuries on Geelong region roads has prompted TAC to issue a call for safety ahead of Easter.
TAC figures show...
Deakin’s $94m in projects promising Geelong jobs
By John Van KlaverenTWO Deakin University projects worth $94 million are set to create up to 200 jobs in Geelong.
Deakin this week announced a...
‘Dragon’ wins prize for Icon
Enter the Dragon: Andrew Senia awards first prize to JOH Architects’ Christian O’Halloran, David McDonald and Michelle Jacobson. A dragon-like water feature has won...
‘Climate’ strands supermarket bid
By Michelle HerbisonA TOUGH “economic climate” has delayed plans for a large supermarket in Portarlington, according to its developer.
Goldstrike Developments’ Andrew Liddell said...
Developers ‘seek new Creek talks’
By Cherie DonnellanDEVELOPERS want to build “much-needed community facilities” in Torquay’s Spring Creek, according to their spokesperson.
Redstick Strategic Communi-cations’ Tony White said the “landowners”...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Our coastal Era
Locals: The Vasco Era returns to Apollo Bay this month.By Cherie DonnellanPLAYING the 20th anniversary of Apollo Bay Music Festival is a “homecoming” for...
Shandelle seeks new musical horizons
Shandelle Cooke is one of Geelong’s best-loved performers, but the chanteuse is not content to rest on her laurels.
This month Cooke launches two new...
