Illegal dumping costing Salvos too much
By ALANA MITCHELSON
The cost of cleaning up “extreme dumping” at North Geelong’s Salvos store has reached $125,000 a year, according to the charity.
An overflowing...
Wheels turn for MND fundraiser
By ALANA MITCHELSON
A Leopold man will wheel 50 kilometres in his wheelchair each month for the rest of the year to raise money for...
Council bids to bust rate cap
Geelong's council wants permission to beat the State Government’s rate cap, the Essential Services Commission (ESC) has confirmed.
The ESC published a list of 21...
Big rains bypass local catchment
Under the Weather, By Lindsay Smail
The weather highlight of January was without doubt the incredibly severe storm of the 27th.
The deluge delivered a total...
Double Take
Geelong police were apparently low on energy this week, encouraging the public to try Jamie Oliver’s ‘tasty energy balls’ recipe.
The link to Oliver’s “energy-boosting...
Keeping on at Coles
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Spending 30 years with one employer was once the standard - these days it’s rare enough to deserve a medal.
“I don’t...
Golf course rabbit-proof fenced in Australian first
BY ALANA MITCHELSON
A Bellarine Peninsula golf course has been surrounded with a 3.9km rabbit-proof fence in an Australian first.
Rabbits had been causing widespread damage...
Thieves take trailer with $250,000 in cycling gear
A trailer containing $250,000 worth of cycling clothing and accessories was stolen in Corio in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Police are appealing for...
Three dead after plane crash off Bellarine
By ALANA MITCHELSON
Police have confirmed three people are dead after a light plane crashed into water off the Bellarine peninsula.
Police said the airplane took...
‘All talk, no action’, from bus consultations
Highton bus users still have to change buses to arrive at destinations within their own suburb after a timetable review made no alterations to...
‘Thousands’ call insurers as storm clean-up begins
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Geelong faces a damage bill in the millions of dollars after Wednesday’s freak storm caused widespread flash flooding.
The Insurance Council of...
Cancer patients face parking ‘nightmare’
BY ALANA MITCHELSON
Patients face “nightmare” parking hassles outside Geelong’s Andrew Love Cancer Centre.
They demanded action after the Indy last week revealed that City Hall...
Corio comes out on top
Corio defeated North Geelong at home on Saturday and Independent photographer Ivan Kemp saw it unfold.
