Huxtables bring it home
Jan Juc’s Huxtable brothers have dominated a junior championships for junior surfers.
Xavier Huxtable won the under-14 boys title at the inaugural SmoothStar Micro Groms...
Cyclist hit run arrest made
Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have arrested a man following an alleged hit-run collision that claimed a man’s life in Anakie on Mother’s Day.
Cyclist...
Relocation for starving cape koalas after outcry over government culling
By ALANA MITCHELSON
Up to 400 koalas will be relocated from Cape Otway before the end of the year to relieve “overpopulation” pressures.
The operation has...
Graveyard tower dead, not buried
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A proposal to erect a Telstra phone tower at Western Cemetery has been knocked back on heritage grounds.
This week a council...
Health service facing more anger
Bellarine Community Health (BCH) has faced further anger at a second community forum in Ocean Grove as it also opened community consultation on a...
Town hall talk ‘to empower heroes’
By ALANA MITCHELSON
A Hero Round Table conference to inspire everyday courageous acts will take place in Geelong, the hometown of its creator.
Matt Langdon has...
More crashes at rebuilt road sites
“Another crash” has prompted a warning about a series of rebuilt intersections on the Princes Highway west of Geelong.
Motorists should “use caution” when approaching...
City to get smart at $55m factory
A new smart-fibre factory and an engineering training facility will enhance Geelong’s credibility for innovative manufacturing, according to proponents.
The twin facilities, both at Deakin...
Emojis ‘cleaning up mall’
Emojis are helping turn Geelong’s beleaguered Lt Malop Street Mall into a “Can Do Zone”, City Hall has announced.
The smiley-face images are part of...
Soldiers cleared ‘but look heavy’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
An Australian Defence Force inquiry into a trespass incident involving peace activists at Swan Island has recommended changes to procedures to...
Norm’s healthy city push
Seventies layabout Norm is off the couch and stepping out to help Geelong earn a title as the “Nation’s Healthiest City”.
The cartoon face of...
Bomb Squad assesses “suspicious parcel” at Grovedale street
By ALANA MITCHELSON
A suspicious parcel was set alight beneath a van in Grovedale overnight on Wednesday.
Emergency services were called to Birrilee Court in response...
Corio crash proves fatal
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash which occurred in Corio this morning.
Emergency services were called to School Road about 2am on...
