Buckets and bouquets
BUCKETS to the silly person who had a whinge about legalisation of gay marriage (Buckets & Bouquets, 12 June). I have lesbian and gay...
Angie stars again on Geelong Coast Kids Facebook
SINGER, TV presenter, model and young married mum of two gorgeous kids.
Newtown dynamo Angie Hilton has a schedule that would make anyone’s head spin.
But...
Concrete cancer eating Geelong’s buildings
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
NUMEROUS Geelong buildings riddled with concrete cancer will cost owners millions of dollars in repairs, a property management company has...
Memorial for our ‘angels’ of WWI
Noel Murphy
GEELONG Gallipoli nurses will be commemorated in a special Anzac centenary memorial to be unveiled in Melbourne.
The little-known 'Angels of Lemnos' tended to...
Pollies brawl over Queenscliff fort’s future
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
FURTHER political fighting has emerged between Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence Darren Chester and Bellarine MP Lisa Neville over...
Bigger ships set to dock in port
Noel Murphy
GEELONG port will soon accommodate large ships and tankers with draughts up to 30cm deeper without needing to dredge out Corio Bay’s...
$30m centre a ‘factory-saver’
A $30 MILLION joint project will try to save Geelong’s existing manufacturers while creating new “industries” in the sector.
Geelong’s council and Deakin University announced...
Radio days of yesteryear in new exhibition
ByJOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A NEW Geelong Amateur Radio Club exhibition highlights advances in modern communications.
The club's From Morse to the Magnetron features military communications equipment...
Black spot $86m fixes ‘two of 35’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A NEW $86 million program will cover two of 35 mobile phone black spots around the Geelong region.
Federal and state governments...
Fed, state spat on road ‘delay’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
WEATHER control and road surfacing are fuelling a spat between a local federal MP and Victoria's Roads Minister.
Member for Corangamite Sarah...
Flying circus cabaret all set for Lyons’ 50th bash
Noel Murphy
IT’S SHAPING up as Geelong’s biggest party in years - a Gatsby-like circus-cabaret-burlesque show complete with pythons, fire-eaters, contortionists and acrobats.
The guest list...
Land400 bidder eyes Geelong: MP
AT LEAST one manufacturing consortium will come to Geelong if it wins the lucrative Land400 defence tender, MP Sarah Henderson told parliament today.
“It is...
Singles launch a local showcase
Homegrown trio Blondehouse’s show this weekend will be more than just the launch of their brand new double single The Gun/Pulling Teeth.
With fellow local...
