Anzac spirit alive and well
St Joseph’s and Clonard colleges won national recognition on Monday for their joint Anzac Day service earlier this year.
St Joseph’s teacher and event organiser...
Suburban mental home bid canned
By Luke Voogt
The Catholic church has scuttled plans to house mentally ill people on a site it owns at Thomson.
Objections from residents forced the...
Geelong road toll double last year after death of biker on Great Ocean Road
A fatal crash on the Great Ocean Road has lifted the region’s 2016 road toll to double the figure for the same time last...
Put safety features first for young drivers, says dealer
The idea that car safety is expensive is wrong, according to Geelong motor dealer Justin Hanneysee.
Mr Hanneysee said many affordable second-hand vehicles were now...
Outreach Salvos struggle with homeless
By Luke Voogt
The Salvation Army is struggling to house Geelong’s homeless amid a spike in referrals, a local advocate has said.
The charity was receiving...
Police car takes the backroads beat
Belmont’s Graeme McMahon will take to the nation’s backroads in an American-style highway patrol car for his eighth Camp Quality esCarpade this month.
Graeme and...
Toilet, closure woes in takeover call
An absence of toilets at one of the Great Ocean Road’s major tourist attractions has been raised in federal parliament as justification for a...
City identifies itself as an old friend
Chronic loneliness among senior citizens has prompted City Hall to declare Geelong “age-friendly”.
Council joined other local government, business and community groups as a signatory...
Disco funds for diabetic cure
By Luke Voogt
Grovedale’s Amanda Lenehan would give anything to find a cure for her son Isaac’s Type 1 diabetes.
“I’d sell the house - it...
Sharps shocker
Council cleaners found another two syringes in public toilets on the waterfront Tuesday, prompting City Hall to issue a public warning.
The cleaners found syringes...
Foot-stomping fun
“Unique families” will get together for free foot-stomping fun at Vines Road Community Centre next weekend to celebrate Children’s Week.
Not Your Average Family...
From the archives
16 years ago
20 November, 2009
A 20-year-old Leopold man who seriously injured two passenger when he drove his car off a cliff has walked free...
