Surfers ID board, return to owner
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
OCEAN Grove’s Jon Willard is “indebted” to a pair of surfers who returned his unique surfboard after confronting an alleged thief.
Mr Willard...
Enid’s art illustrates plant diversity
By NOEL MURPHY
KIDNEY weed, skullcap, swamp-mat, bladderwort, hound’s-tongue…Enid Mayfield’s latest book reads like a witch’s shopping list.
Many of the species would probably go very...
Perry good result for local in Bells pro event
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
JAN JUC surfer Jack Perry was a big winner in the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach over Easter.
Perry finished first in...
‘We’ll fix your face’
By NOEL MURPHY
A GEELONG woman left feeling like a “sideshow freak” when she was unable to pay for post-cancer nasal surgery could soon have...
Best friends awarded for ‘hanging out’ with elderly
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
BEST friends Grace Chatterton and Ruby Treloar never expected a parliamentary award for “hanging out” with aged care residents at Grovedale.
The girls...
Buckets&Bouquets
BOUQUETS to Powercor for always being available to fix faults at Indented Head, where stormy and windy weather sometimes cuts our power supply. ...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Sisters bring hotel harmonies
By MICHELLE HERBISON
THE exquisite blending of three sisters’ voices that shot the McClymont sisters to fame six years ago will highlight the trio’s next...
Region’s rain-belt ’moving south’
By NOEL MURPHY
FARMING across south-western Victoria will need to change as the rain-belt moves, according to the head of a scientific team studying lakes...
Report on Geelong rail: Future electric
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
PUBLIC Transport Victoria plans to electrify the Geelong rail line in the next 20 years, according to its latest transport blueprint.
Electrification...
Study highlights growth pains
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG needs another 3.1 billion litres of water, 220 hospital beds, 7430 school places and 90 weekly train services to cater...
Asbestos site fear
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
THE disturbance of a Torquay asbestos dump over summer could threaten the health of nearby residents, a landowner fears.
Kim Hammond said she...
Office moves create health precinct
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
A NEW "health precinct" with a regional lobby group as a tenant will improve services for patients in central Geelong, according to...
A family affair
The Geelong Independent looks back on our best Friday features for 2025.
Father and daughter Tony Armstrong-Carrigg and Rachel Cumming make up two-ninths of...
