Taxi rampage reveals ‘concerns’ for drivers
Alex de VosGeelong Taxi Network has called on authorities to reform safeguards for drivers after an “experienced” cabbie allegedly wrecked the car of egg-throwing...
Patient Steve seeks riders for cycle of kidney health
Kim WatersA veteran Geelong dialysis patient has undertaken a year-long fundraising campaign with just a bike, a helmet and a desire to raise vital...
Sam’s set to ‘lobby for poor’ in capital
Andrew MathiesonCHARITY might start at home, but for one benevolent Geelong teenager poverty will end at Canberra.
Grovedale’s Sam Perkins will rug up with hundreds...
A flare deal on fighter
Andrew MathiesonA CLOAK-and-dagger Lara production facility has created up to 100 new high-tech jobs behind closed doors.
But the site’s secretive location could make finding...
Councillor on attack
Kim WatersBarwon Heads’ ward councillor has slammed the town’s community association as “out of touch”.
But members have told Andy Richards to “pull his head...
Locals harbour doubt on ramp
Kim WatersPortarlington residents have labelled a Point Richards boat ramp redevelopment as “dangerous”.
Foreshore manager Bellarine Bayside began the final phase of the project this...
RACV’s water shock
Alex de VosSurf Coast councillors have rejected an RACV bid for stormwater to underpin redevelopment of Torquay Golf Club.
Councillors voted on Wednesday night to...
Residents in appeal on charge
Alex de VosJan Juc residents have lodged a planning tribunal appeal against Surf Coast Shire's bid to sting them for new footpaths.
Steve Burton, who...
Anger as visitors block driveways and sleep in the streets
Alex de VosResidents "fed up" with tourists sleeping in vehicles and blocking access to driveways have demanded council impose tough new laws to curb...
Hugh rescues an ambulance
Greg WaneWhen Point Lonsdale’s Hugh Thompson called into Geelong scrap metal dealer Albert Batty’s office one afternoon in 1961, he spotted an old Ford...
They make my dahlia
Andrew MathiesonThe last of the buses finally pulls out of the gravel driveway and for another year Australia’s largest dahlias farm can breathe a...
Stockland project to generate 2000 jobs, says Madden
Approval of a controversial residential project has cleared the way to create 2000 jobs, according to Planning Minister Justin Madden.
Mr Madden said the $330...
Get spooked at Spookfest
Drysdale’s Potato Shed will transform into a Halloween wonderland for a day full of family-friendly activities and entertainment.
Spookfest Family Fun Day...
