Geelong ‘confusion’ over convention centre leader
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Geelong’s long-awaited convention centre is mired in bureaucracy, with key stakeholders confused about who should be the proposal’s lead agency.
They agree...
Storages flatline despite rain, pipe
Geelong’s water storages have failed to recover despite recent above-average rain and a new pipeline bringing additional supplies from Melbourne.
Barwon Water measured storage capacity...
Their dance moves make all the difference
A unique dance class for children with Down’s Syndrome hopes to move boundaries as well as bodies.
Sarah Marshall, general manager of e.motion21 Geelong, said...
Unhappy campers petition
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Campers and tourism businesses want answers on a management takeover of Anglesea’s award-winning caravan park.
Foreshore manager Great Ocean Road Coast Committee...
The time to train is now
Now is a great time to look at planning a future career, getting that dreamt about qualification and gaining the skills needed for employment.
Now...
Fashioning a cause
Fashion and mentoring refugee students are usually worlds apart but a style extravaganza next week will bring the two together.
Organised by Business and Professional...
Dream kept alive
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A little club in Geelong is keeping a gold medal dream alive for athletes with a disability.
Despite its small size, Geelong...
Charity ball in your jim-jams
It’s the event to have when not having an event.
The Karingal Foundation has come up with a quirky twist on a fundraiser in the...
Mail job lost for wait of months
By LUKE VOOGT
Waits for mail lasting up to 12 weeks have infuriated Torquay residents and put a post contractor out of work.
Corinne Nigro, a...
Time of her life
Torquay actress Amy Price has returned home from her Los Angeles base to promote an award winning independent Australian film, How to Time Travel.
The...
Deadline set on dumped ferry
By LUKE VOOGT
The owner of a ferry dumped on Corio Bay must reveal his plans for the vessel by 16 June, according to Victoria’s...
Funding puts the freeze on ice
Geelong’s ice fight received a funding boost, with Corangamite MP Sarah Henderson announcing new funding of $4 million.
Ms Henderson said the funding will be...
When art and coffee collide
Cecilia Cabalquinto and her husband moved to Geelong in 2011, where she has since carved out an artistic niche for herself painting with coffee...
