Mix-ups lead to baby system call
KIM WATERSBABY mix-ups in Geelong hospitals are “far more common” than realised, according to a breastfeeding counsellor who experienced her own accidental newborn switch....
‘Black spots’ driving case for NBN roll out
JOHN VAN KLAVERENINTERNET black spots and patchy broadband connection speeds plague the Geelong region, according to IT experts.
They identified Bell Park, South Geelong, Wandana...
‘Air guitar shirt’ to strike a chord with exhibition
Guitar hero: Dr Richard Helmer dons sensors to tune up the air guitar shirt amid other movement-based inventions set to go on exhibition at...
Workers ‘dig up’ lost town west of Geelong
JOHN VAN KLAVERENCONTRACTORS working on duplication of the Princes Highway west of Geelong have uncovered the remnants of a small town dating back to...
Missing man may be with ‘homeless’
Daniel O’KeefeERIN PEARSONA MISSING Highton man could be living among homeless people after disappearing last Friday, according to police.
Sergeant Adam Forehan said police and...
Electric ute gives backyarder Peter a charge
Revved up: Peter Reeves with his battery-powered Rodeo ute.MOVING from a V12 speedway car to an homemade electric ute was a dramatic sacrifice of...
OPENING BID: ‘Investment’ hot suburbs
Charting: Staff from Harcourts Geelong office are selling more Geelong and Whittington properties to Melbourne and interstate buyers. KIM WATERSGEELONG and Whittington have made...
Burqa protest blasted
ERIN PEARSONA GEELONG man behind a national campaign to ban burqas has denied racist motivations for his Facebook initiative.
But the Ban the Burqa Day...
City warning on bat ‘virus’
JOHN VAN KLAVERENGEELONG residents must stay away from flying foxes after one of the animals was discovered carrying a deadly virus in Melbourne, authorities...
Ex-Dimmeys building to become arts hub in city centre
Internalised: Portarlington’s Bec Fary, Geelong’s Stephanie Tribe and Highton’s Ben Neoh get a feel for the disused Malop Street building. JOHN VAN KLAVERENA DISUED...
Bank on target in push for backers
KIM WATERSINVESTMENT in a proposed Barwon Heads community bank almost doubled in the past week but is still $170,000 short of target, according a...
‘Parking anger’ at streetscape works
Squeezed out: Ernie Thompson and Moya Hughes inspect the parking situation in central Portarlington. KIM WATERSA STREETSCAPE upgrade has produced a “parking shemozzle”...
Helping hand for Cottage
Darren Allbutt’s Sea & Wood exhibition at Cottage by the Sea late last year was so well received that the fifth-generation Queenscliff resident is...
