BHPS celebrates 150 years
Barwon Heads Primary School (BHPS) is celebrating 150 years of educating local children with a series of events to bring the community together.
As...
Funding for a better Surf Coast
Surf Coast Shire Council will seek funding for three projects to provide new and upgraded facilities for the community.
Council will submit...
Out and about
It was a lovely day for getting out and about on Wednesday and Independent photographer Ivan Kemp did just that.
From the Archives
17 years ago
March 7, 2008
Motorists have labelled the roundabout at Portarlington, Jetty and Grubb roads as “chaos”, “mayhem” and a “nightmare” at morning peak...
Community calendar
Australian Decorative & Fine Arts Society Geelong Inc.
Illustrated art lectures each month, Newcomb Hall, 10.15am. Geelong West Town Hall, 6pm. Guest speaker Chris Garibaldi...
New paramedics hit the road
Ambulance Victoria’s (AV) largest cohort of new Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance (MICA) paramedics took to the road this week, including one in Geelong. ...
AFL Barwon outlines North Shore position
AFL Barwon has released a statement today (Friday, March 7) regarding North Shore Football Netball Club.
The statement explains the peak body’s concerns with North...
More trains, more often
Geelong travellers will have access to more train services from mid-April, with extended services on the Geelong line and more weekend trains to Warrnambool.
Premier...
Hope on the horizon for fly casting pond
Geelong fly-fishing enthusiasts have some hope for the re-establishment of a derelict fly casting pond after 13 years of frustration.
The Belmont fly casting pond...
Plane showdown sparks airport security review call
Calls for an urgent review of security at Australian airports have emerged after a teenage boy allegedly forced his way onto a plane with...
Libs commit to Grovedale courts
Liberal candidate for the seat of Corangamite Darcy Dunstan has pledged nearly $1 million for the upgrade of Grovedale netball courts if Peter Dutton...
Adam’s journey through the ice
Cottage by the Sea’s chief executive Adam Wake returned from a 230km Ice Ultra Marathon across Swedish Lapland last week to raise money to...
Titans, Kookaburras win A Grade flags
The Independent’s Justin Flynn was at RT Fuller Oval, Barwon Heads on Saturday March 22 for the Bellarine Peninsula Cricket Association A2 Grade grand...
