$8b port bid alive
By JOHN VAN KLAVERENSTATE Government will investigate a proposal for an $8 billion container port between Geelong and Werribee, Freedom of Information documents have...
Club cashes in
Cashed up: Rhett McGuinness and Dion Matchan play Cashflow. Picture: TOMMY RITCHIE 89182JOIN THE CLUB: Club cashes inAnyone who’s even been stumped by a...
Sport stars chipping in for charity
Swingers: Chris Scott and Bill Mithen prepare to tee off in the Give Where You Live golf classic. Picture: John Conway 89731_04By JOHN VAN...
Duo takes on event in Sandy wake
Mud men: Jason Lyndon and Tym Kacprzaktrain on Geelong's waterfront for the Tough Mudder event in New Jersey. Picture: Tommy Ritchie 89568_02By MICHELLE HERBISONRunning...
FINALLY FRIDAY: ‘80s enough for ‘retro’ rockers
Blasts from past: Absolutely 80s’ Dale Ryder, Brian Mannix and Scott Carne.by CHERIE DONNELLANEighties pop singer Scott Carne is promising Geelong a wave of...
Animal instinct gives Sally’s art human perspective
Brushing up: Sally Ford at the easel in her Moriac studio. Picture: TOMMY RITCHIE 89805By NOEL MURPHYMORIAC's Sally Ford is turning her happy knack...
Boats, kids in: row on safety
Safety: Richard Davies.By NOEL MURPHYAN ugly brawl has erupted over beachgoer safety at Torquay’s Fishermans Beach.
Torquay Angling Club boss Steve Burton and Great Ocean...
Organ recipients alive 25 years after tragedy: Love and lives live on
89794_01Jenny Richmond and her husband BruceBy NOEL MURPHYLOVE letters aren’t usually like this but the note Newtown’s Jenny and Bruce Richmond wrote to their...
Dual-award DVD preseves history
Winners: The students who produced the winning DVD with a statue celebrating the men who buitl the Great Ocean Road. Picture: Tommy Ritchie 89816_01By...
Brain damage cuts court fine
By Michelle HerbisonA WOMAN'S brain damage lessened her punishment for possession of methamphetamine and stolen goods, a Geelong magistrate ruled this week.
Magistrate Michael...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Lawrie only does it for the Mooney
Absurd: Comedian Lawrence Mooney.By Cherie DonnellanMELBOURNE funnyman Lawrence Mooney confesses to having a “sense of the absurd” – and he thinks Geelong people have...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Sweet on Queenscliff festival
Sweet sounds: Geelong’s Sweethearts in action.By Cherie DonnellanIMAGINE being a Geelong teenager followed around Europe by a film crew.
That was the glamorous experience of...
Around the grounds
The Indepdent takes a look at Geelong Cricket Association and Bellarine Peninsula Cricket Association first-grade games played on Saturday 25 October.
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