FINALLY FRIDAY: A grand slam for local poets
Slammer: Emilie Zoey Baker gives her best in last year’s poetry slam.ERIN PEARSONPOETS, hip-hop artists and outspoken wordsmiths have been invited to polish their...
FINALLY FRIDAY: The Hay ride
Blues man: Claude Hay plays three gigs on the Blues Train starting this weekend.ERIN PEARSONA LITTLE bit of the Bellarine Peninsula entered Memphis’s iconic...
SHATTERED LIVES: Trauma drags in the towmen
Towman: Bob Graham has comforted accident victims while waiting for ambulances to arrive. JOHN VAN KLAVERENBOB Graham is an old-school towman.
The semi-retired Lovely...
JOIN THE CLUB: Archery hits the bullseye
Drawing a bow: Chris Middleton takes aim at Geelong Archery Club. JOHN VAN KLAVERENTHE days of playing with bows and arrows in the backyard...
Roads danger strands blind
Danger: Ernie Drew and guide dog Chip are stranded at a Lara pedestrian railway crossing without a warning system for the blind. JOHN...
VECCI points out centre site
JOHN VAN KLAVERENA SITE for Geelong’s proposed convention centre will be decided within a week, according to Mayor John Mitchell.
“The convention centre steering committee...
Industry body slams car bid: Geelong ‘too small, too sloping’ for shipping trade
JOHN VAN KLAVEREN“ILL-FOUNDED” plans to relocate car shipping to Geelong “cannot proceed”, according to Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries chief Ian Chalmers.
Mr Chalmers said...
Show of force with new station to police patrons
Senior Constable Susan Macardy and Leading Senior Constable Andrew King prepare to help deliver a family-friendly Geelong show. ERIN PEARSONGEELONG police are operating a...
Violence handball: Council denies interchange responsibility
ERIN PEARSONA GEELONG councillor has rejected calls for council to act on violence around its Moorabool St bus interchange.
Andy Richards said maintaining law and...
Exhibition to hit the wall with art
Linocut: Katherine Thyer with one of her artworks. MICHELLE HERBISONPOINT Lonsdale’s Katherine Thyer never considered herself an artist.
The retired primary school teacher realised...
Coast digital ‘hope’
ERIN PEARSONANGLESEA and Airey’s Inlet could have digital television next year after Federal Government announced an investigation into a rollout to the towns, according...
Area loses ‘fish cash’
JOHN VAN KLAVERENVICTORIA'S coast from Queenscliff to Anglesea is the state’s most deprived area for recreational angling facilities, a report has found.
The report, Analysis...
How to turn your unused vehicle into instant cash
Have an old car sitting in the driveway, unused and gathering dust? Rather than letting it become a financial drain, you can turn it...
