JOIN THE CLUB: Group engineering models of handiwork
Model citizens: Norm Hatherly, Bob Julian, David Mann and Colin Klein with one of their group’s working models. JOHN VAN KLAVERENMost models don’t work...
Dumping ‘off rails at Lara’
ERIN PEARSON
LARA train tracks have become illegal dumps for building material and asbestos, according to the state’s Environmental Protection Authority.
EPA’s south west manager Gavan...
Water ‘hoons’ threat on bays
JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Water hoons are spoiling the fun of boating enthusiasts across the region, according to local boaties.
Breakwater Marine’s Wayne Gibbons said he regularly...
Children read(y) to ‘break a record’
Readers: Waurn Ponds twins Nietta and Max, 8, practice for the BIG Read. KIM WATERS
Geelong’s pint-sized bookworms will help attempt a record next weekend...
Voters back stars for mayor: survey
KIM WATERS
Celebrities would be more likely to win Geelong’s first popular mayoral vote than an experienced civic leader, according to an Independent survey.
Former Cats...
New creek set for thousands
Objector: David Bell at Spring Creek. ERIN PEARSON
Surf Coast Shire would put 4400 residents in Spring Creek under a draft plan to double the...
‘Psycho’ wrestles with title challenge as entertainment
Ready to rumble: Norlane’s Danny PsycHo, also known as Daniel Gibbons, prepares to defend his title in his home town next week. JOHN VAN...
Cheeseman slammed over buy-back option
JOHN VAN KLAVERENA war of words has broken out between Liberal Senator Michael Ronaldson and Corangamite MP Darren Cheeseman over climate change.
Sen Ronaldson called...
Cats ask City, AFL ‘for $6m’
JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Geelong’s council and the AFL must contribute $3 million each for work to start on a scaled-down stage-three redevelopment of Skilled Stadium,...
New top cop vows action over ‘youths’ and violence
Top cop: Inspector Chris Gawne settles in at Geelong Police Station. ERIN PEARSON
GEELONG’S new top cop has promised a fierce crackdown on “youth...
Eight ‘is not enough’
ERIN PEARSON
An allocation of eight extra police to Geelong has drawn criticism and disappointment from both sides of state parliament.
Labor Member for Lara John...
Creek ‘to house 4400’
ERIN PEARSON
Surf Coast Shire would put 4400 residents in Spring Creek under a draft plan to double the population of Torquay and Jan Juc...
Outsmart parcel pirates
As parcel volumes surge ahead, Australia Post is urging Australians to be on high alert as this time of year tends to see a...
