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...

Ripper race feeling the ‘squeeze’

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN Ocean Grove Surf Life Saving Club hopes for a big turnout out at its 36th annual Rip to River Race despite...

Double take

Has Geelong lost its international icon? No, Double Take’s not alluding to the Cats, Corio Bay or even a mythical Guggenheim Museum. This is an...

Union, council in fight on sacking

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN The sacking of a road worker has left City Hall and the Australian Services Union (ASU) at loggerheads. ASU branch co-ordinator Billy...

Portarlington Recreation Reserve now open

There is a new home for football, netball, tennis and cricket clubs in the Bellarine with the Portarlington Recreation Reserve now open. ...