Garden competition raised the roof
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Greening Geelong has been a common catchcry for some time but a new competition hopes to extend it to places that...
City launches its digital year
Geelong will launch a National Year of Digital Inclusion on Friday 26 February in the hope of helping spread the benefits of the online...
Double Take
Barwon Water was perhaps acting local but definitely thinking global early this week, if its Twitter account was any indication.
On Monday it tweeted a...
Report clears agencies over Wye River Christmas fire disaster
An official report has cleared firefighting agencies over the destructive Wye River Christmas Day fire.
The Inspector General for Emergency Management report said a lightning...
Apprentice wins international culinary passport
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Gordon TAFE apprentice Jake McKenzie has taken out a prestigious food industry award, winning a placement at the restaurant of his...
Another store to close at Westfield Geelong as Dick Smith fails to attract buyer
Westfield Geelong is set to lose another retailer, with Dick Smith reportedly closing in eight weeks.
News reports today confirmed receiver Ferrier Hodgson had been...
Bells could be last event for Fanning in ‘personal year’
Easter's Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach could be the last event of Mick Fanning's professional career, at least this year.
The top surfer in...
Bellarine SES branches out
By ALANA MITCHELSON
Bellarine SES unit will form a fund-raising team to take the strain off their operational team.
Grants co-ordinator Andrew Scott said the team...
Research grant hopes to find answers
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A research grant in the name of brave Highton MND sufferer Jenny Simko hopes to find the cause behind the random...
Brazen thieves steal luxury Holden after distracting salesman at Geelong car yard
Brazen thieves have driven away in a luxury Holden while a salesman’s back was turned at a Geelong dealership.
Geelong police have released an image...
Geelong water storages hit ‘lowest since end of millenium drought’
Geelong’s water storages have hit their lowest level “since the end of the millennium drought”, Barwon Water has announced.
A “drier-than-dry climate scenario” had left...
Tourism funds for new Great Ocean Road campaign
A government tourism body and two councils have received $425,000 to help tourism bounce back in the wake of the Wye River bushfires.
Great Ocean...
Corio comes out on top
Corio defeated North Geelong at home on Saturday and Independent photographer Ivan Kemp saw it unfold.
