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Corpse plant blooms in Geelong

Geelong Botanic Gardens’ corpse flower has bloomed for the first time, giving people a short time to witness the rare event. The...

December

Geelong community members stepped up the campaign against Viva Energy’s proposed gas import terminal in Corio Bay with a protest at Norlane Community Centre. Iconic...

November

Members of Balyang Par 3 Golf Course campaigned in opposition to the redevelopment of the unique sporting facility. Geelong Botanic Gardens' corpse flower bloomed, with...

October

A 13-year-old girl was arrested by police after fire engulfed part of Northern Bay College’s Hendry Street campus. Community radio station 94.7 The Pulse announced...

September

The Victorian government officially opened two major health and wellbeing projects in Geelong, University Hospital’s children’s emergency department and Central Geelong Mental Health and...

August

Premier Jacinta Allan visited the Surf Coast to announce a new kindergarten for Armstrong Creek would be open by Term 1, 2026. Football and...

July

Waurn Ponds Memorial Reserve celebrated its 105th and its committee of management recognised 25 years on July 7. Three Geelong siblings followed in their dad’s...

June

Crowds gathered at Herne Hill Reserve to watch 16 sliders dressed in costumes plunge into icy cold waters for Big Freeze Geelong. TAFE...

May

Unemployment rates remained low in Geelong with Australian Bureau of Statistics labour force data recording a 3.5 per cent unemployment rate. Lara’s Ford Millican,...

April

Former SAS soldier Darcy Dunstan announced he would contest the seat of Corangamite for the Liberal Party at the next federal election. Geelong ambulance and...

March

Failed home builder Apex Homes received a $100,000 payment from a customer who wanted to build in Geelong just days before a winding up...

February

A local Palestine advocacy group health care called for healthcare workers to show solidarity for their colleagues in Gaza at a protest rally. Some of...

‘Thank you Mr Lifeguard’

Water has always been a big part of John Crockett’s life and when the novelty of retirement wore off, he decided to give being...