Calls to help kids left in cars rising
Triple zero received 58 calls about children left in hot cars across the Geelong region in the 12 months to 31 August, Ambulance Victoria...
Artefacts buried as Lara school marks 150 milestone
Lara Lake Primary School has laid a time capsule as part of celebrations to mark its 150th anniversary.
Principal Noel Creece said the school opened...
Mobile and data use soars
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Geelong Bellarine and Surf Coast populations will increase more than four-fold this summer, with mobile phone and data use growing accordingly,...
Fatalities Fear: Toll-rise festival bus call
Falls Festival revellers have been urged to book a date with the TAC’s Vanessa bus as new figures show a rise in Victorian road...
Crime hike ‘state’s fault’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Crime rates in Geelong and Surf Coast have jumped dramatically in the past 12 months, according to latest figures.
Surf Coast suffered...
Festive Harmony
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
This year’s confluence of the birthdays of Islam’s Prophet Mohammad and Christianity’s Jesus Christ served as a powerful symbol of unity,...
MP backs hourly bus services push
A call for the return of hourly bus services to Portarlington, St Leonards and Indented Head has been backed by member for Western Victoria...
Woman bashed
A man wanted for assaulting a female workplace inspector could be on the run in Geelong, according to Victoria Police.
Adam McGrath allegedly assaulted the...
Dry drinkers a win for cancer
Dry July Foundation has announced a grant of $52,000 to Barwon Health’s Andrew Love Cancer Centre.
The funds would be used for an art therapy...
A lotto luck along our ocean road
The Great Ocean Road region has come in sixth on a lotto hotspot list, featuring 10 winners who finished 2015 a combined $11.7 million...
Family cat delays take-off of turkey
Talkin’ Turkey’s the gift that keeps on giving for St Albans Park’s Knox and Elaine Campbell.
After finding all five turkeys in the 11 December...
Give our common back, say locals
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A 700-signature petition has reignited the battle over Winchelsea Common with the area still fenced off more than a year after...
A cry of relief and sadness
The Geelong Independent looks back on our best Friday features for 2025.
Annie Dunn was only 21 when she was diagnosed with chronic...
