Plants down
Jane EmerickLIKE many settled 33-year-olds, Lyle Filippe typifies the seasoned Aussie backpacker.
He sports a ponytail and patchy beard from past travels and still loves...
Supercats face big Nunawading challenge
Andrew MathiesonGEELONG Supercats coach Mark Leader is preparing for a new challenge tomorrow night – to shoot around Nunawading’s big men.
The unbeaten Supercats are...
Skrobalak case adjourned again over voice evidence
Jane EmerickA former Torquay Football Club premiership coach accused of threatening to kill a former teammate has had his case adjourned for a fourth...
800 jobs ”shelved” in Costa decision
Hamish HeardDevelopers behind a proposal for a massive North Geelong homemaker centre have conceded defeat and shelved the controversyplagued project.
Quay Developments Corporation chairman Frank...
Squeeze on homes
Hamish HeardHouseholds in the Geelong region are under increasing stress as families struggle to find cash for mortgage and rental payments, according to latest...
Fishy tales
By Geelong Story UpdatesROSS Winstanley’s wife is a forgiving woman.
The fish junkie can spend hours on end at sea and not an angry word...
Property damage, ‘toolies’ targets
Hamish HeardTORQUAY police are already preparing their assault on unruly behaviour from school leavers in time for final exams in November.
Torquay police Sergeant Brian...
City pays as wind keeps ship at bay
Hamish HeardGEELONG ratepayers picked up a tab nudging $30,000 for a Dutch cruise ship to lay anchor off Queenscliff for several hours last weekend.
The...
All name, no shame
Peter FaragoSTATE Government is going to name the region’s top 200 industrial water users next year.
But is naming, and possibly shaming, big guzzlers of...
Top surf and winter spell end of warm water
Jane EmerickUnseasonably warm water and weeks of perfect waves have capped a golden autumn for boardriders on the Surf Coast.
But surf forecasters have welcomed...
City to spend $11,000 on two trips overseas
Hamish HeardRatepayers will pick up the tab for two globetrotting councillors and a couple of City Hall bureaucrats when they spend at least $11,000...
Labor preselection
Karen Hart and Andrew MathiesonTwo hands have gone up to take on former Geelong mayor Peter McMullin for Labor preselection in the Liberal seat...
Take care of your pets this Christmas
Christmas is a time for family - and pets are family too, meaning they too deserve special care and attention over the festive season.
It...
