Winter follows well-worn path
Under the Weather, by Lindsay Smail
Geelong has completed a very average July, with most weather figures falling well within the normal range.
Daily minimums across...
Double take
A Deakin University multi-campus exhibition is set to puzzle patrons when it combines art with scientific enquiry in Geelong next month.
The show, Art and...
Sacked councillors ‘face new probes if re-elected’
Any Geelong councillors investigated for alleged bullying before their sacking in April will go straight back under investigation if they return at October’s elections,...
Art meets at the iron wall
High school students have helped create two Aboriginal art murals installed as a feature on a corrugated iron wall at Waurn Ponds’ Leisurelink.
The group...
Tree planters dig in
Green thumbs will dig deep for a community planting day in Geelong on Sunday.
Planet Ark will run the event as part of its National...
Land clash risk for jobs ‘boom’
A forecast jobs boom at Geelong’s port faces challenges from unrelated businesses taking up land next door.
The port could create more than 3000 jobs...
Admins’ ‘vision’ expects future councils to follow
Geelong is now on course to a “clever and creative future”, according to the city’s council administrators.
And they expect that subsequent elected councils will...
Big cat a dilemma
A mysterious big cat has surprised two men fishing at Point Impossible.
One of the men supplied the Indy with several pictures of the animal,...
Lump leads to ‘fight of her life’
Grovedale’s Glenda Ford was a fit, 55-year-old enjoying her first grandchild when a small, painless lump appeared in her throat.
But, the following months of...
Noel and Jan bedding down success with icon Slumberworld
It’s hard to miss Slumberworld’s huge factory and retail building on Torquay Road at Grovedale, right beside the BP service station.
The bright red bedding...
Man in hat uses fake ID to swipe $10,000 from Geelong bank
A man has used a fake licence to allegedly steal $10,000 from a business account at a bank in Belmont, according to police.
But a...
Power bill struggles put strain on support agencies
By Mandy Oakham
Households that are unable to pay skyrocketing power bills are inundating Geelong welfare agencies.
The Salvos reported almost 8000 applications for help across...
Dinos beat Sharks by five wickets
Newcomb & District enjoyed a five-wicket win against Manifold Heights in Geelong Cricket Association Division 4 on Saturday and Independent photographer Ivan Kemp was...
