Spending blow as games events lost
Jessica BentonGEELONG and the Bellarine Peninsula could miss out on more than a million dollars in visitor spending after Australian Masters Games organisers sent...
Showing their metal
Andrew MathiesonFOUR unassuming girls – three of them from Lara – walk up in sight of a burly bouncer without a skerrick of fear.
They...
Pot calling kettle an apparatchik
Peter FaragoMEMBER for South Barwon Michael Crutchfield’s mauling of a rookie Geelong councillor over calls for a new dam in the Otways needs to...
Surf Coast wins Masters Games
Alex de VosSurf Coast Shire has won a bid to host three Australian Masters Games events in February.
Around 500 national competitors will flock to...
Plan for Drysdale snarl fix revealed
Jessica BentonAuthorities have revealed to the Independent their plan to fix the Bellarine Peninsula’s worst traffic snarl.
Vicroads and City of Greater Geelong will duplicate...
Plan for 96 Rose units put on hold
Alex de VosThe owner of Torquay’s Rose Restaurant has withdrawn plans for 96 holiday units, a convention centre and a day spa on the...
College deal could negate need for town’s sixth pool
Alex de VosPlans for a Torquay aquatic centre might be unnecessary if developers open a pool to the public at the town’s college, according...
Call for help as Corio kids go without breakfasts
Peter FaragoCORIO Primary School needs volunteers to ensure students eat breakfast before the morning bell.
Principal Mary Hutchison said the school’s Red Cross Good Start...
Dam it, says new councillor Katos
Andrew MathiesonState Government should set aside policy to consider building a new dam for Geelong, according to the city’s new councillor.
Liberal Andrew Katos is...
Pier’s owner knocks back cruise ship
Alex de VosCunningham Pier’s owner has poured cold water on plans for a cruise ship’s maiden voyage from Geelong this month, according to the...
Ring road ‘camera-free’
Alex de VosMotorists would enjoy a free run without speed cameras on Geelong’s new bypass, police revealed yesterday.
But authorities warned that bad driving could...
Call for cash from site sale
Andrew MathiesonState Government should plough a multi-million-dollar windfall from the likely sale of a Corio school site back into education in the area, the...
Shandelle seeks new musical horizons
Shandelle Cooke is one of Geelong’s best-loved performers, but the chanteuse is not content to rest on her laurels.
This month Cooke launches two new...
