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20th swap meet to proceed on a Black day

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN THE members of Western District Historic Car Club will miss one of their own when a 20th annual Geelong Bay City...

A day for Ern to remember

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN AT 93, Geelong’s Rat of Tobruk, Ern Brough, is still full of war-time stories and loves a good laugh. But the jollity...

Torquay RSL looks forward to Anzac Day at home

By CHERIE DONNELLAN ANZAC Day commemorates the past but this year Torquay Returned and Services League president Kevin Egan is looking to the future. Mr Egan...

Grovedale station car parks criticised

State Government had misled Grovedale residents about the number of car parks at the suburbs new station, according to City of Greater Geelong Transport...

Buckets & Bouquets

BUCKETS to all the dog droppings in St Leonards, especially in the lane between Dudley Pde and Murradoc Rd. I am tired to trying...

Singer’s beaut ute

By MICHELLE HERBISON AUSTRALIAN country music idol Lee Kernaghan’s Geelong gigs draw the “finest array” of utes and 4WDs to venues’ car parks. “I think Geelong...

Get ‘smarts’ India

By MICHELLE HERBISON MELBOURNE indie rock band British India is heading to Geelong following last month’s release of their fourth album Controller. The band’s 18 May...

Uni students engineering advantage at Paralympics

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN DEAKIN University engineering students have used carbon fibre components and rapid prototyping to help Australian athletes compete for gold at the...

JOIN THE CLUB: In for a service

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN EX-SERVICEMEN and women can be a strange breed, admits RSL Geelong sub-branch president Alan Frisby with a laugh. “They are all like-minded,...

Geelong retail giant faces legal action on ‘fake’ cosmetics: Target blames mess on Puppy

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN GEELONG retailer Target is taking legal action in the United States to force suppliers to reveal the source of allegedly fake...

$10,000 boost to west’s memorial

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN A $10,000 State Government grant has boosted restoration work on Geelong West’s Soldiers Memorial Plinth. The project will reinstate the memorial’s step...

Vets soldier on with disability

By MICHELLE HERBISON MANY Geelong region war veterans are suffering disabilities without realising they are eligible for compensation, according to a local veteran’s centre. Geelong-Surf Coast...

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Gender equity awards open for nominations

Organisers of the third Recalibrate Gender Equity Awards have put the call out for nominations following the 2024 launch event in Melbourne last week. Founded...