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...
Year in review – June
Greater Geelong community members braved the cold for a good cause as they slid into icy water during another successful Big Freeze Geelong to...
From the archives
16 years ago
8 January, 2010
After years of mosquito hell on the Bellarine Peninsula residents and visitors have finally found relief this summer.
Barwon Coast Committee...
