Mechatronics winners head to UK
LOCAL apprentices Jake Barton and Luke Diaz are headed to the United Kingdom to beef up their already considerable skills.
The pair of mechatronics geniuses...
North’s health centre gets State Budget short shrift: Ramsay
By NOEL MURPHY
IT MIGHT be the number one item needed in Geelong battler northern suburbs but the Barwon Health North mini-hospital was given short...
Art after dark to shine bright
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG is set to stage a striking array of music, colour, dance and art events tonight.
The City Hall-sponsored Geelong After Dark fest...
Car fans are oil in to swap stories
IF YOU don’t have oil in your veins, you are likely to have it on your palms after visiting the Bay City Swap meet...
Percival storms back
By EMILY IANNELLO
ONE OF the most loved characters in Australian literature, Mr Percival, will be landing on GPAC’s stage this month.
The classic Australian...
Buckets and Bouquets
BUCKETS to the female staff member at a Waurn Ponds jeweller who told my son that he would not be able to afford a...
Swan Bay sea eagles at ‘risk’
By NOEL MURPHY
CAMPAIGNERS against microlight aircraft operations at the Bellarine Peninsula’s Swan Bay have gathered some 800 signatures arguing the airfield will endanger breeding...
Breakthrough stomps musos
By NOEL MURPHY
MUSICIAN-scientist Richard Helmer’s never been one for letting the grass grow under his feet - especially on stage.
The Hamlyn Heights engineer, researcher...
Drysdale man dies in Ballarat crash
A DRYSDALE man died following a head-on collision near Ballarat at the weekend.
The 19-year-old was killed after a car travelling north on the Midland Highway near...
Fake $100s shock market staff
By NOEL MURPHY
FAKE $100 notes are circulating in Geelong as the latest counterfeit banknotes to hit the town.
Police are investigating two incidents over the...
Geelong’s $3bn building bonanza
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’S construction sector "is going gangbusters" in the face of a tightening economy, with almost $1 billion in projects presently under way...
Labor govt snubs Lyons … again
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE LABOR State Government has snubbed Geelong Mayor Darryn Lyons again, this time for a crucial Jetstar announcement at Avalon.
The snub...
Guthrie lends Stewart support
Zach Guthrie has backed Geelong's tight defensive unit to cover Tom Stewart's absence in the AFL grand final as he wraps his arms around...
