Bells could be last event for Fanning in ‘personal year’
Easter's Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach could be the last event of Mick Fanning's professional career, at least this year.
The top surfer in...
Bellarine SES branches out
By ALANA MITCHELSON
Bellarine SES unit will form a fund-raising team to take the strain off their operational team.
Grants co-ordinator Andrew Scott said the team...
Research grant hopes to find answers
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A research grant in the name of brave Highton MND sufferer Jenny Simko hopes to find the cause behind the random...
Brazen thieves steal luxury Holden after distracting salesman at Geelong car yard
Brazen thieves have driven away in a luxury Holden while a salesman’s back was turned at a Geelong dealership.
Geelong police have released an image...
Geelong water storages hit ‘lowest since end of millenium drought’
Geelong’s water storages have hit their lowest level “since the end of the millennium drought”, Barwon Water has announced.
A “drier-than-dry climate scenario” had left...
Tourism funds for new Great Ocean Road campaign
A government tourism body and two councils have received $425,000 to help tourism bounce back in the wake of the Wye River bushfires.
Great Ocean...
Geelong Star breaches oil rig exclusion zone
Controversial trawler Geelong Star was caught breaching an oil rig security exclusion zone, according to recreational fishing advocate Graham Pike.
Mr Pike said he had...
55 consecutive marathons man nears world record
By ALANA MITCHELSON
A South Geelong personal trainer is set to claim a world record of running 55 marathons in 55 days this Wednesday while...
Flood aid arrives for city’s victims
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Victims of last month’s flash flooding in Geelong could now apply for disaster assistance, state and federal governments announced on Thursday.
Up...
Road is link to the future
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A new report proves the dumped East West Link proposal is essential to Geelong’s future, according to federal MP Sarah Henderson.
Infrastructure...
Tourists’ caravan flips at Inverleigh
By ALANA MITCHELSON
An elderly couple were lucky to survive after rolling their vehicle and caravan west of Geelong on the weekend, according to police.
The...
Corporate name a clash of culture
By ALANA MITCHELSON
A corporate renaming of Simonds Stadium threatens to again overlook the historical and cultural significance of its site in Kardinia Park, according...
Two dead in Geelong house fire
Police will prepare a report for the coroner following the death of two people in a house fire in Herne Hill on 27 December.
There...
