FINALLY FRIDAY: Our Crash landing
By MICHELLE HERBISON
WHEN the members of Boom Crash Opera get together they rock like they’re still on tour 20 years ago with something to...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Chris dons the Crown
By MICHELLE HERBISON
THE addition of a two-piece horn section to Chris Wilson’s Crown of Thorns will add an extra element to the reformed band’s...
Group’s doing block on park
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
OBJECTORS to a proposed transfer of an Ocean Grove community park to Geelong’s council have lodged a request for a special...
Barbershop group sings out for additional members
By NOEL MURPHY
BARBERSHOP quartets aren’t really quartets. They can be septets, octets or warbling, crooning mobs of many more - and they often are.
The...
Shell buyer in ’suspect’ dealings
By NOEL MURPHY
THE new owner of Geelong’s Shell refinery has been linked to controversial deals with a Serbian war criminal and Iraqi dictator Saddam...
‘No-kill’ group ousted: Activists ‘left animal shelter struggling’
By NOEL MURPHY
BELEAGUERED Geelong Animal Welfare Society is clawing its way back from financial strife after falling from a surplus of almost $1 million...
Calum’s body building demand across US
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
AN invitation to the world’s largest sports festival has further boosted the meteoric rise of Highton bodybuilder Calum Von Moger.
Calum left...
Anti-coal mine forces power up fight over station
By NOEL MURPHY
SURF Coast Air Action is gearing up to fight any sale of Alcoa’s Anglesea coal mine and power station.
“Any potential buyer needs...
Norlane camera investigation
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A CONTROVERSIAL Norlane hotspot for red-light infringements is under investigation, Victoria’s Road Safety Camera Commissioner has announced.
The commissioner, Gordon Lewis, said...
Control lost to big firms
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG’s council has lost its battle with supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths over the design of Armstrong Creek’s town centre.
An independent...
Camping fee anger
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG region campers face a $30,000 fee hike if State Government goes ahead with plans to introduce charges in national parks,...
‘Mix-up’ probe: Bible mag sex lessons
By NOEL MURPHY
A CHRISTIAN education agency will visit Torquay to figure out how sexually explicit Biblezines were handed out to sixth-grade children.
Students at Torquay...
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New exhibition a meditation on nature
Torquay artist Ingrid Daniell will unveil her latest body of work when her new show Time in Thin Places opens at Boom Gallery next...
