Water cost to fall
Barwon Water prices have fallen again for a consecutive year, the authority has announced.
The decrease was in line with a five-year plan covering pricing,...
Police arrest pair over ‘theft series’
In brief
Police have arrested two men over a series of thefts stretching from the Bellarine Peninsula to Colac.
The incidents included the alleged theft of...
Double Take
The battle for parking spaces can test civility at the best of times but throw in career aspirations and the mix becomes positively volatile.
These...
Libs lead in Corangamite
By LUKE VOOGT
Corangamite is poised for another close election result, with MP Sarah Henderson holding a small lead in the polls before tomorrow’s election.
A...
Koalas tourist lure
By LUKE VOOGT
Koalas could turn Lara into an international tourist destination, according to local tourism operators.
Echidna Walkabout’s Janine Duffy said increasing the koala population...
Floating tree wins three more years, worth $16m
Geelong’s floating Christmas tree has earned a three-year lifeline.
Council administrators have committed $400,000 a year to keep it shining until 2018 after an independent...
$12.6m ‘gap’ for sports upgrades
Two sports grounds won funding lifelines in City Hall’s finalised budget this week but a third missed out as administrators expressed concern at a...
Carp cost keeper in court
Keeping carp has cost an Ocean Grove man $1745 in court.
A Geelong magistrate found the 51-year-old guilty of possessing koi carp, which has been...
Fence ‘preserves’ memorial reserve
By LUKE VOOGT
Dedicated Waurn Ponds residents have worked tirelessly to ensure their century-old memorial remains unforgotten.
Jack Harriott and a local committee recently finished a...
$1300 to charity in council protest
By LUKE VOOGT
A former Geelong councillor has donated an allowance overpayment to charity in protest at the council’s sacking.
Kylie Fisher gave the $1300 to...
Puppy love for seeing eyes Hunter
By LUKE VOOGT
Leopold housemates Phoebe Wilkens and Donna Lindsay recently welcomed the newest member of their household - Hunter the seeing eye puppy.
“Now we’ve...
Three juniors make state cut for hockey nationals
By LUKE VOOGT
Three local boys will play in School Sports Victoria’s (SSV) under-12 hockey team for the first time at national titles in a...
Round 18 – the fixture that had it all
Not one team in the top five tasted victory and the bottom two upstaged the top two in what was one of the most...
