Golf buyers ‘lined up’
Andrew MathiesonHOME BUYERS are already staking claims to blocks in a controversially proposed redevelopment of Geelong Golf Club, according to developers.
Links Living reported more...
Bunnings bid rejected
Erin PearsonSURF COAST councillors have rejected plans for a Bunnings store at the entrance to Torquay.
Councillors voted 8-1 against the hardware giant’s application on...
Georgia tunes up for her place with our globe-trotting Sweethearts
Kim WatersWHILE most other 11-year-olds are bopping along to the likes of Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus, Wallington guitarist Georgia Rogers is playing soulful...
Georgia tunes up for her place with our globe-trotting Sweethearts
Kim WatersWHILE most other 11-year-olds are bopping along to the likes of Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus, Wallington guitarist Georgia Rogers is playing soulful...
Dog beach ‘victory’
Kim WatersOBJECTORS have triumphed over plans to ban dogs on Point Lonsdale’s back beach, according to their spokepserson.
Darren Zanoni said Borough of Queenscliffe’s backdown...
My Wheels: Sunbeam shines on
Ken Blackney and his sons have restored a sporty little Sunbean Alpine Greg WaneKEN Blackney reckons Hillmans were built like tanks
But he claims...
Blues band set to take out the trash
Erin PearsonGEELONG blues band Trailer Trash made its debut on the most apt stage possible, according to lead singer Glenn Penny.
The six members of...
Wretched
Erin Pearson“PRISON is like hell”, according to play-write Angus Cerini.
Six years after working in a juvenile justice facility “boy’s prison”, Cerini has brought his...
Local Legend: Sweet sound of music
Soul revival: Ross Lipson in the studio at Matthew Flinders Girls High School. Andrew MathiesonOLD muso Ross Lipson walks back into his school office,...
Our grog violence worst, says boffin
Erin PearsonGEELONG has a “really bad” culture of drinking and violence around nightclubs compared to popular precincts overseas, according to a researcher.
But Deakin University’s...
Lindsay ‘had enough’
Erin PearsonSURF COAST councillor Linsday Schroeter has retired after more than two decades fighting for Winchelsea residents, he has told the Independent.
The 77-year-old...
‘Pets hospital’ to slash costs
PAWS and effect: Taya Mulholland and Nadine Williams dress up Cindy and Buddy to promote the hospital casual day fundraiser. Picture: Tommy Ritchie 52125Andrew...
Tribute to rock chick supports breast cancer
The local tribute show celebrating one of Geelong’s most successful musical artists - original Aussie rock chick Chrissy Amphlett - is holding a special...
