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...
JOIN THE CLUB: Check mates
Game if you are: Ben Kersten at the chessboard. By John Van KlaverenWHEN IT comes to games, chess is just about the grand master...
City demo for sport ‘hi-tech’
By John Van KlaverenSPORTS technology entrepreneurs from around Australia will head to Skilled Stadium next week hoping to win funding for their ideas.
Geelong-based...
Mill Markets boss ‘sacked’
Out: Ian BallisBy Michelle HerbisonMILL Markets administrators have sacked former boss Ian Ballis.
The Independent revealed in August that Sellers Muldoon Benton had taken...
Back to future with retro fever in Geelong
Back then: National Wool Museum’s Padraic L Fisher with some of the latest retro exhibition.By Noel MurphyRETRO Geelong is in vogue, with exhibitions, online...
Crews complain in city of pay rip-off: A pirates’ ransom
By Noel MurphyA CHINESE ship loading grain in Geelong is being pursued over an alleged refusal to pay crew “pirate danger money” and other...
Minister ‘elevated stadium bid’: Cats get Crean
By John Van KlaverenA LOWLY-RANKED Geelong football club project was favoured for federal funding over better credentialed projects, according to an audit report.
Australian National...
Women begin life journey with a little help
New woman: Hamlyn Heights’ Laura Mauri, 18, receives a makeover from Jane Thomas.By John Van KlaverenA GROUP of disadvantaged women gained a new lease...
Sky’s limit for export
By Noel MurphyAVALON Airport is poised to become the transport hub for a new international food bowl.
Federal Government approval for Avalon to host international...
200-run stand for Couta pair
An unbeaten double-century partnership got Queenscliff’s Bellarine Peninsula Cricket Association A1 Grade season back on track after a winless opening three rounds.
Captain Hayden Illingworth...
