Floral celebration for pelargonium club anniversary
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A Geelong club dedicated to one of the most popular garden plants in the world reaches its 50th anniversary on 26...
Gallipoli Lone Pine descendant ’ripped up’ from Torquay commemorative garden
A memorial tree descendant of Gallipoli’s Lone Pine has been “ripped from its bed” at Torquay’s Centenary Garden of Remembrance, according to the town’s...
Man rescued from Clifton Springs house fire ‘assaulted first’
A critically injured man pulled from a Clifton Springs house fire might have been assaulted first, according to police.
Geelong Crime Investigation Unit detectives are...
Park lease veto
The award-winning operators of Anglesea Beachfront Family Caravan Park have lost their bid to renew their lease, with Great Ocean Road Coastal Committee taking...
Cats stars take to the field to help TAC reduce regional road dangers
Star Cats Patrick Dangerfield and Andrew Mackie are all about racking up the numbers on the field but they want to see zero statistics...
Ex-Indy delivery boy ‘set for $100m apps fortune’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
He has come a long way from the days when he delivered the Geelong Indy but it wasn’t all that long...
Strength in numbers as family services unite
Another community agency merger has been announced with Minerva Community Services and Barwon CASA intending to join forces.
The two specialist family violence services said...
Working life helps confidence grow
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A lack of confidence kept Aliesha Vicars moored to the couch of her parents’ Corio home after leaving school.
“I had no...
Team approach to your health
Osteopathy is a form of manual therapy that may be able to help with back pain.
It focuses on the treatment of joints, muscles and...
Caring to create for bushfire victims
Torquay furniture-maker Luke Collins and Geelong artist Tanya Keenan have combined their talents to raise money for Wye River bushfire victims.
The two created a...
Axe to fall on city’s elms
Towering elms at the waterfront end of Geelong’s Moorabool Street face the chop, City Hall has revealed.
One of the five trees, between the waterfront...
Paying the price of petrol drive-offs
By LUKE VOOGT
Drive-offs continue costing Geelong service stations hundreds of dollars a week despite petrol prices up to a third lower than 12 months...
Library’s new chapter
When Chilwell Library was on the verge of closure in 2017, a staunch and dedicated group of residents mobilised their community to keep this...
