Silo tunnel ‘locked up’
By Noel MurphyA DANGEROUS underground playground at Geelong’s former cement works silos has been sealed off and security ramped up after the Independent found...
Reverends, MPs split on same-sex marriage
By Michelle Herbison“HEALTH problems” like HIV will increase if gay marriage is legalised, according to a Geelong reverend.
St George’s Presbyterian Church Reverend Andrew...
Tee suss on wait for Guy
By Cherie DonnellanRESIDENTS should be “suspicious” of delays in locking up Spring Creek from development, the state opposition has warned.
The warning came as State...
Reseachers to go: Fishery jobs set for cuts
By Michelle HerbisonFISHERIES Victoria will cut Queenscliff jobs as part of a State Government move to “combine” science teams and “refocus”, according to a...
Spanish flavour for NT students at Heads
Northern exposure: Ella Rzempowski serves up paella to visiting students Simone and Nerissa at Barwon Heads on Tuesday.By Ben SaundersA GROUP of 10 indigenous...
City dumps ‘zero target’
By John Van KlaverenGEELONG'S council has abandoned its zero-waste target.
Councillors voted this week to shelve the target as part of a wide-ranging review of...
22,537 texts later, Wayne ‘signs off’
Tributes: David Fairbrother with brother Wayne’s Cats memorabilia and, in the inset, ‘Wayne from Geelong’ during his army days. By Cherie DonnellanTRIBUTES have flowed...
Bowl up to us, says ‘old’ club
Inside job: Wallington indoor bowlers Trent Wadey, Helen Castellan, Ivy Harvey and Arthur Wadey venture outside. By Michelle HerbisonWALLINGTON'S indoor bowls club is at...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Rising Rubens ‘ready to rock out’ at Geelong gig
Sudden fame: The Rubens play Geelong on September 14.By Cherie DonnellanTHE RUBENS defied the music industry tradition of bands paying their dues when Grammy-award-winning...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Cast off to Europe
Four score: Geelong’s Cast Iron Pinata.By Cherie DonnellanCAST Iron Pinata’s European tour luggage allowance had been reduced to “hair gel only”, joked bassist Jim...
JOIN THE CLUB: Branching out in a small way
Small wonder: club member Antonio Tali at work on a specimen..By John Van KlaverenTHE WORLD has gradually become a smaller place.
Technology has bridged gaps...
TALK THE TOLL DOWN: Speeder’s smashed ute ‘to educate’ young Surf Coast drivers of...
Message: Surf Coast SES, police and civic figures launch the new display at Torquay.By Cherie DonnellanTORQUAY police and emergency services officers have unveiled a...
Grovedale wins, Titans on top
Independent photographer Ivan Kemp was at Lara to see Grovedale defeat Lara and at Armstrong Creek where the home side made 186 against Inverleigh...
