Leaked memo: Nude dune fence
Hamish HeardA leaked Surf Coast Shire email reveals secret plans to fence off a sand dune behind one of Torquay’s nude beaches to stop...
Buy Local our prize campaign
Hamish HeardOrganisers of the region’s Buy Local campaign this week unveiled an $80,000 prize pool as the latest weapon in the region’s war on...
Men seek place to shed isolation, share mateship
Jane EmerickMen in Torquay are building the foundations for their own shed to share ideas, create projects and, above all, foster mateship in the...
Chamber welcomes campaign jobs hope
Hamish HeardA NEW campaign to stop shoppers spending their money outside the region could generate thousands of jobs, according to Geelong Chamber of Commerce.
Executive...
Winds over 120km/h wreck Corio properties
Andrew MathiesonA “microburst” wind storm has damaged dozens of homes at Corio.
Gusts in excess of 120km/h ripped through part of the suburb near Purnell...
$80,00 study ”gathers dust”
Hamish HeardState Government is dragging its feet on a strategy to address Geelong’s “appalling” public transport use, according to a lobby group of regional...
Aussie rings Bells
Jane EmerickAustralian Taj Burrow won his first Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach yesterday with a thrilling lastminute victory over American Andy Irons.
Burrow trailed...
Damn polling, just build dams
Peter FaragoREPORTS the Bracks Government has paid private pollsters to gauge public opinion on building new dams is an example of a government that’s...
Snake seized
Hamish HeardAuthorities yesterday labelled the Geelong region Victoria’s illegal reptile capital after investigators swooped on a hotel to seize an exotic snake, drugs and...
UKs favourite
Jane EmerickTourists from the UK are more likely to head to the Surf Coast then anywhere else in Victoria, according to a new study....
Bikie boss staying quiet on raid deal
Karen HartA GEELONG motorcycle gang heavyweight is remaining tight-lipped on reports of a six-figure pay out over a Victoria Police raid.
Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Club...
Rule book ‘thrown away’ for Torquay project. School of thought
Hamish HeardStudents will study in a radical new school of the future when the existing Torquay primary campus expands to include years seven to...
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Hunting for frog data this October
Spring into Frogtober next month, a citizen science initiative calling on the public to help provide data about Geelong’s local frog populations.
Using the free...
