Allergy shock fighter wins honour
Keeping a student safe from potentially fatal allergic reactions has won national recognition for a Highton Primary School worker.
Allergy and Anaphylaxis Australia commended Rebecca...
Call for parents to tackle toll rise
A doubling in deaths of young people on Victorian roads has prompted a call for Geelong parents to stay involved in their children’s driving...
Help stop frogs croaking
Geelong households should install backyard ponds for frogs battling a dinosaur-like extinction level threat, according to an animal welfare group.
Various species of frogs...
Aid gear goes in ‘theft’ of trailer
The Anglesea theft of a trailer carrying “essential first-aid supplies” has shocked lifesavers.
The trailer, which also held surf carnival gear, disappeared last week with...
Bystanders motionless as hero risks life
By ALANA MITCHELSON
Bystanders watched motionless at a distance as Adam Pearse frantically rescued a woman trapped upside down in a mangled, upturned four-wheel-drive about...
New machine helps skin cancer victims avoid scarring
By ALANA MITCHELSON
A new radiotherapy machine is saving Geelong skin cancer victims from surgery thanks to the fundraising efforts of volunteers.
Cancer After Care Group...
Tiny cannon blasts world record
By ALANA MITCHELSON
The world’s smallest working cannon has put a Herne Hill man in the Guinness World Records.
Smaller than a corn kernel, Marcus Hull’s...
10,000 new jobs cut jobless ranks
Unemployment in the Geelong region fell 3.6 per cent after the creation of almost 10,000 new jobs, according to latest Australian Bureau of Statistics...
See you in 2016!
The Geelong Indy wishes its readers and advertisers a merry Christmas and a happy new year as Geelong’s favourite newspaper goes on a short...
Injuries increase on Barwon roads
The greatest number of country road-accident injury claims came from the Barwon western region in 2013/2014, the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) has revealed.
The region...
Calls to help kids left in cars rising
Triple zero received 58 calls about children left in hot cars across the Geelong region in the 12 months to 31 August, Ambulance Victoria...
Artefacts buried as Lara school marks 150 milestone
Lara Lake Primary School has laid a time capsule as part of celebrations to mark its 150th anniversary.
Principal Noel Creece said the school opened...
Leopold up for exciting challenge
After losing its round 1 clash by seven shots, Leopold’s Division 1 Geelong Bowls Region side has put together a solid two-game block with...
