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...
Geelong’s new water boss to lead on ’priorities’ including climate change, diversity
Barwon Water will replace its industry-veteran managing director with a Melbourne council chief.
Tracey Slatter will take over from Joe Adamski when his contract expires...
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...
