Kindy ”lunch Nazis”
Hamish Heard“Lunchbox Nazis” are confiscating snacks such as fruit juice and muesli bars from kinder kids’ lunchboxes in a pilot program enforcing healthy eating.
An...
Fish stuck in depot
Karen HartCommonwealth Games fish have spent more than a year “rotting” in storage as Surf Coast’s council tries to work out what to do...
Racing elite to set up shop in region
By Hamish HeardAn overseas racing syndicate and one of Australia’s leading trainers have their sights on the Bellarine Peninsula, according to a councillor.
And...
Wedding venue wins
ANDREW MATHIESONAN HISTORIC Queenscliff church will be converted into a wedding reception centre and restaurant after a state planning tribunal green light.
Victorian Civil and...
Call for Government to release port plan: What are you hiding?
Andrew MathiesonThe Bracks Government is hiding plans to seize control of Geelong’s port until after the election, a community group has warned.
Geelong Community for...
Kids back in town with a kinder boost
Alex de VosPortarlington has welcomed home its pre-school children to an upgraded kindergarten facility.
For two terms Portarlington’s pre-school children and teachers shared Clifton Springs...
Third dies after freeway smash
The third victim of a Princes Freeway head-on collision has died in hospital.
The 19-year-old Point Cook man died in Royal Melbourne Hospital on Wednesday...
Making millions
BY HAMISH HEARDThe amount of Surf Coast home owners sitting on million-dollar residential properties has jumped nearly 65 per cent in the past two...
On the bite
By Geelong Story UpdatesThe past week: Salmon at Queenscliff, snapper in Corio Bay up to 6kg and along the coast, redfin at Lake Purrumbete...
Brothel: ”hands tied”
Jane EmerickSurf Coast councillors could have their hands tied over plans for a brothel at Torquay.
A spokesperson said councillors could not refuse a brothel...
Who’s on top as underdog?
Peter FaragoIf everybody is claiming to be the underdog, then who’s dog is on top?
That’s the question after the Independent polled the region’s major...
Torquay couple claims big Tatts win
A TORQUAY couple is $444,444 richer thanks to a Tattslotto ticket from their local agency.
The husband and wife, who did not want to be...
From the Archives
17 years ago
July 18, 2008
Surf Coast residents are moving to Geelong in a reversal of the sea change phenomenon, according to new government statistics.
But...
