Buckets and Bouquets
BUCKETS to the female staff member at a Waurn Ponds jeweller who told my son that he would not be able to afford a...
Swan Bay sea eagles at ‘risk’
By NOEL MURPHY
CAMPAIGNERS against microlight aircraft operations at the Bellarine Peninsula’s Swan Bay have gathered some 800 signatures arguing the airfield will endanger breeding...
Breakthrough stomps musos
By NOEL MURPHY
MUSICIAN-scientist Richard Helmer’s never been one for letting the grass grow under his feet - especially on stage.
The Hamlyn Heights engineer, researcher...
Drysdale man dies in Ballarat crash
A DRYSDALE man died following a head-on collision near Ballarat at the weekend.
The 19-year-old was killed after a car travelling north on the Midland Highway near...
Fake $100s shock market staff
By NOEL MURPHY
FAKE $100 notes are circulating in Geelong as the latest counterfeit banknotes to hit the town.
Police are investigating two incidents over the...
Geelong’s $3bn building bonanza
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’S construction sector "is going gangbusters" in the face of a tightening economy, with almost $1 billion in projects presently under way...
Labor govt snubs Lyons … again
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE LABOR State Government has snubbed Geelong Mayor Darryn Lyons again, this time for a crucial Jetstar announcement at Avalon.
The snub...
Jack raises the roof with 650 steins from around the world
By NOEL MURPHY
“THE man who fears to drink has no true soul.”
Wisdom can be gleaned from beer stein aphorisms for sure but get caught...
RSL backs call for more Jacka Victoria Crosses
By NOEL MURPHY
TORQUAY RSL has backed the bid for Geelong’s World War I hero Albert Jacka to be awarded two more Victoria Crosses.
Jacka, who...
Newtown tops rich list, again
NEWTOWN remains the region’s leading rich-list suburb, according to latest taxation statistics.
The traditionally affluent suburb returned a median income of $62,421 for each of...
Double Take: Blast from the past, plates, phishing …
IT was like a blast from the past when Magistrate Tim Bourke told a Geelong drug dealer he was a parasite on society who...
Udderly novel concept encourages nutrition, no bull
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
MOOVE over mauve - Geelong kids are milking their art skills and giving a set of 10 life-size, fibreglass dairy cows...