Top tips for taking your dogs on a road trip these school holidays
More and more Aussies are choosing to take their dogs on road trips – and Dogs Australia urges dog owners to heed some key...
Adam’s journey through the ice
The Geelong Independent looks back on our best Friday features for 2025.
Cottage by the Sea’s chief executive Adam Wake returned from a 230km...
We are Geelong and it’s great
We all know Geelong is a fantastic place to live and visit.
But what makes Greater Geelong truly great?
Victoria’s second-largest city has long stood as...
From the archives
17 years ago
9 January, 2009
Plans to create 2000 jobs in Geelong were under a cloud yesterday after the boss of an IT giant admitted...
Year in review – December
The completion of a major upgrade to the Melbourne to Geelong pipeline, a $40 million project increasing the pipeline’s capacity from 16 billion litres...
Inverleigh crash victim dies in hospital
A woman has died in hospital following a crash in Inverleigh last month.
Investigators have been told a car was travelling along Hamilton Highway about...
Year in review – November
A man barricaded himself inside a house at a Bell Park property for seven hours before giving himself up after police responded to calls...
Year in review – October
Local police conducted Operation Plymouth in Geelong’s CBD throughout the school holidays, making 42 arrests for theft and 14 arrests for other offences including...
Year in review – September
A new report from independent drug policy research non-profit Penington Institute revealed unintentional overdose deaths in Geelong had increased by 94 per cent in...
Year in review – August
The City of Greater Geelong closed its truck wash facilities three weeks earlier than first announced due to the theft of a significant amount...
Norlane man’s death to be investigated
Homicide Squad detectives are investigating after the body of a man was discovered inside a Norlane house about 5.30pm on New Year’s Day.
A 41-year-old...
Year in review – July
Maximum security prison the Western Plains Correctional Centre opened in Lara, with more than 900 people expected to be located in the prison by...
One container at a time
Queenscliff is showing how a small coastal town can make a big difference, one drink container at a time.
Thanks to local resident Mark Gingell,...
