Dry March hits region
March finished with disappointing rain totals around the Geelong district, further reducing levels in the region’s water storages.
Totals varied from 30 to 70 per...
Investigate Barwon Health on harassment, says surgeon-professor Dewan
By NOEL MURPHY
BARWON Health should be investigated by State Government and College of Surgeons inquiries into allegations of institutionalised bullying and harassment in Victoria’s...
City Hall to light up for Anzac centenary
A SPECIAL lighting projection will transform City Hall tribute to the men and women who served during World War I.
Designed for City Hall as...
Locals lose Bells wildcard bids
LOCAL surfers have lost their bids for a wildcard entry to Easter’s Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach.
Phillip Island’s Joe Van Dijk and France’s...
Mayor Dazza comes out of the closet
HE MIGHT make the odd faux pas on Twitter but Darryn Lyons takes shock and awe to a new level when it comes to...
Pros arriving as Rip Curl Pro wipe-out forecast
PROFESSIONAL surfers have begun arriving at Bells Beach as Easter’s Rip Curl Pro faces forecasts of a wipe-out.
Reigning world champion Gabriel Medina was among...
Sea Change blows an ill wind for St Leonards
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE SEA change blown in by the ABC TV series of the same name has finally reached one of its quaint...
Bisinella You Yangs quarry faces a fight
By NOEL MURPHY
ANXIOUS green activists are marshalling resources against plans for an 80-hectare sand quarry in the foothills of the You Yangs.
The Bisinella group...
Shire rips up Cole fine after ‘victim’ claim
By NOEL MURPHY
SURF Coast Shire has withdrawn a parking fine against surfing legend Maurice Cole after he complained officers targetted him at Bells Beach...
Double Take: Cockatoo, surf pros drop in …
THERE'S a new top cocky in town.
Mayor Darryn Lyons and his multi-hued cockatoo hairdo have been supplanted by the latest sensation in Geelong -...
NBN slug to push up land prices
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
LAND buyers throughout Geelong face extra costs of up to $1900 a lot under a new National Broadband Network (NBN) greenfields...
Police ‘close in’ on Kingsbury killer
By PAUL MILLER
POLICE expect to make further arrests over the alleged kidnapping and murder of a Leopold man whose body remains missing.
Police have so...
Power primed to go deep in finals
With a three-game buffer in fifth place and finals seemingly assured, Newcomb coach Lisa Robinson doesn’t want to be making up the numbers this...
