Ready for take off
The return of international flights at Avalon Airport is a huge step in the right direction for our region.
Avalon offers an international gateway for...
Major project makes use of local businesses
Geelong’s newest major development is tapping into the local manufacturing and construction industry and providing opportunities to the region’s award-winning businesses.
The Nyaal Banyul Geelong...
Insight into hybrid Honda
It’s not surprising that one of the world’s largest engine builders, in 1999, was among the first to bring electric power to the production...
From the archives
16 years ago
20 November, 2009
A 20-year-old Leopold man who seriously injured two passenger when he drove his car off a cliff has walked free...
Your letters
I write in response Alan Barron's say in the Independent (Climate debate welcomed, 17 October).
The gas companies have caused the tripling in our gas...
Art for every space
Not-for-profit organisation Platform Arts hopes its new exhibition will see local art permeate personal, public and business spaces.
After Walter Hopps, the organisation’s inaugural community...
Community calendar
Austrian Club Geelong
Afternoon Christmas dance, celebrate the beginning of the Christmas season, food, drink, music and dance and visits from St Nicholas and Krampus,...
Christine takes on the Great Ocean Road
The Great Ocean Road will host this year’s TAC Great Vic Bike Ride, with a Geelong woman participating in the five-day cycling event. ...
Paddle the Impossible
Paddlers will battle the tides during the 10th Impossible Ocean Paddle from Torquay to Barwon Heads.
The 18km event will see people paddle...
Arts event a big win for Geelong
Interactive arts festival ROAM Geelong has been hailed as a huge success by Geelong council.
The inaugural event, organised and delivered by the City of...
Man charged following charity tin theft
Bellarine police are appealing for assistance in finding a second man following the alleged theft of a breast cancer charity tin in Leopold.
It is...
When art and coffee collide
Cecilia Cabalquinto and her husband moved to Geelong in 2011, where she has since carved out an artistic niche for herself painting with coffee...


















