Double take
It’s nice to know there are still some literal people about.
The Independent’s weekly Reader’s Recipe asks readers to submit a favourite recipe and send...
Botanical art meets plant science
THE art of science will be explored by the Geelong School of Botanic Art in its biennial exhibition.
Inspired by Nature 4 by the Friends...
Getting to the heart of the problem
A Deakin University researcher is looking to lift the taboo on the sexual problems that are often an unspoken side-effect for the 3.72 million...
Time to get exotic
IT’S PEAK orchid flowering season, so the world’s favourite exotic plants will put on a great show at the Geelong Orchid and Indoor Plant...
Woolly pompoms flock to a record
THE NATIONAL Wool Museum’s friend Shaun the Sheep is hoping to bale up people for its Guinness World Record attempt.
The project wants to muster...
Lanterns light the way for familes touched by cancer
By EMILY IANNELLO
A TEAM of local residents will host a community walk on behalf of the Leukaemia Foundation to help brighten the lives of...
Golfers get clubbed both ways during war protest
By PAUL MILLAR
QUEENSCLIFF Golf Club has become a casualty of the annual battle between the Defence Department and anti-war protesters.
The department “suspended all non-essential...
Bomb case hermit denied bail
By PAUL MILLAR
AN APOLLO Bay man living in a shanty in rugged bushland for more than a decade has been denied bail after facing...
Popular gym’s closure shock
By PAUL MILLAR
A POPULAR health club in the heart of the city has been forced to shut down after the landlord locked the doors,...
Dangerfield takes first step on return to Geelong
THE FIRST step in the return of Patrick Dangerfield to Geelong has been taken, with the star midfielder informing Adelaide Crows he wants to...
Apollo Bay recluse faces explosives and blackmail charges
By PAUL MILLAR
A LOCAL character living in a bush camp outside Apollo Bay is expected to face the Geelong Magistrates’ Court today on explosive...
Police make Apollo Bay arrest, search for possible bombs
By PAUL MILLAR
THE POLICE dog squad and a specialist team of investigators are combing bushland in the Otways, searching for potentially explosive devices.
Arson and...
Avalon ready to take off
Melbourne Avalon Airport and its employment precinct are set to play a pivotal role in the future development of Wyndham and Geelong. Jaidyn Kennedy...
