Get the latest news to your email inbox FREE!

REGISTER

Get the latest news to your email inbox FREE!

REGISTER
Home News Page 777

News

Green homes opening up

By Luke Voogt Thomson’s Ernesto Sanchez will show all he can do with a small patch of land when he opens his garden to the...

Funding urged as GOR battles slips

The State Government must “immediately” fund repairs to the Great Ocean Road as landslips threaten to undermine it after recent flooding, parliament has heard. “There...

Trip of a lifetime

By Luke Voogt The Tournier Foundation will send local boy Jack Copperwaite on a life-changing holiday with funds from its official launch. Jack has a rare...

Safe return TAC’s top tip for the cup

The safest bet for next week’s Geelong Cup is separating drinking from driving “altogether”, the Transport Accident Commission has tipped. TAC road safety manager Samantha...

Call for help with waste sorting bill

Contaminants including clothes, plastic bags and “other unsuitable materials” are causing headaches for Geelong’s green waste collection service, according to City Hall. The “significant problem”...

More than a cover band

Melbourne’s David Graham has been singing INXS hits since the band was “at the height of their powers” in the early ’90s. Graham will...

Girls sing in harmony

Geelong Harmony Chorus will be in action at the Moolap Baptist Church next Monday as part of the Geelong Seniors Festival. Ocean Grove’s Diane...

Funny man has a vision

By Luke Voogt Australian comedy veteran Joe Avati will bring his new show, 20/20 Vision, to Geelong next month as part of his 20th Anniversary...

Viva blockade ends

By Luke Voogt Workers lifted their week-long blockade of Viva Energy’s Geelong refinery following an urgent hearing mediated by the Fair Work Commission on Tuesday...

Moving scenes from first to last

By Luke Voogt An Anglesea retreat - which organisers called the first of its kind - hosted men affected by brain cancer from around Australia...

Brothers take on a firey challenge

By Luke Voogt For Herne Hill firefighter Jamie Lugg, brotherhood is the most important part of the CFA. Tackling a bushfire or a building ablaze, his...

Jo takes the next step

By Luke Voogt Like any mother, Belmont’s Jo Montano was nervous about sending her son Alex to school for the first time. Alex started school a...

The snowfields of New Zealand

New Zealand’s winter season kicked off with a bang, with lots of early snowfall setting the stage for an exciting few months on the...