Site set on bank project at Heads
KIM WATERS
The finalisation of site negotiations have “locked in” plans for a Barwon Heads community bank, according to a committee spokesperson.
Barwon Heads Community...
MOTOR: T-bucket
The T-Bucket became the most identifiable hot rod after ’50s television series 77 Sunset Strip’s cool dude, Kookie, drove a flame-red T. GREG WANEThe...
ENTERTAINMENT: Bells rings for Airey’s
ERIN PEARSON
BOOK worms will get their own fix of Rip Curl Pro action this weekend when the competition’s history barrels down the coast, according...
Geelong punters set to catch YellowFever
Hanging around: YellowFever is on the way to Geelong.ERIN PEARSON
AUSTRALIA is like Texas, according to YellowFever front man Adam Jones.
“The landscape and people’s misconceptions...
JOIN THE CLUB: Enter the dragon: rowing club up the Barwon with 20 paddles
Fired up: Firecats members practice their strokes. JOHN VAN KLAVERENMost of us like to march to the beat of our own drum.
But Geelong...
‘Pre-pay’ fuel call for servos
ERIN PEARSON
Making customers pay before filling up could stop petrol thefts at Geelong service stations, according to the city’s top cop.
Inspector Chris Gawne urged...
Leading agent to strike out on own
New brand: Daniel Hayes and Michelle Winckle.KIM WATERS
A leading Geelong real estate agent has left one of the city’s major franchises to start his...
Council’s $10,000 ‘check’ for chess
Checkmates: Mayor John Mitchell with chess grandmaster Darryl Johansen. JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Geelong has proven it’s no pawn with a checkmate of Sydney to win...
One woman, ‘300 charges’
KIM WATERS
A woman on about 300 theft-related charges has single-handedly almost tripled Queenscliff’s annual crime rate, according to police.
Queenscliff Sergent Steve Brand said police...
Man who ‘lost the plot’ planning to live in Geelong
KIM WATERS
A Lismore man who threatened to kill friends, neighbours and police plans to move to Geelong, a court heard this week.
Forty-six-year-old Thomas...
Forecast looks swell as pros drop into Bells Beach
Red hot: Reigning world champion Kelly Slater flies at Bells Beach on Wednesday. ERIN PEARSON
A car crash and forecasts of big waves set...
Dimmeys in return as CBD confidence rises
JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Budget retailer Dimmeys will return to central Geelong when it opens a new store in Little Malop Steet, the company has announced.
And...
Grovers get the better of Belmont
Independent photographer Ivan Kemp was at Ocean Grove Bowls Club on Tuesday to see the home side defeat Belmont 69 to 53 in round...
