Terminals reviewing jobs in Geelong port precinct
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
TERMINALS will review its Geelong workforce after the closure of a Laverton-based chemical company.
Australian Vinyls will soon cease manufacturing polyvinyl chlorine...
State gaffe ‘behind Otways koala cull’
By PAUL MILLAR
AN EMBARRASSING gaffe has led to culling of koalas at Cape Otway, according to a conservation group.
Australian Koala Foundation said the state...
Yesterday, when the shoot began at Barwon Heads
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
AN ABC-TV commissioned series based on John Marsden novel Tomorrow, When the War Began filmed scenes around Barwon Heads bridge this...
Double Take
THE STINK only gets worse at Bannockburn over its rubbish collection services, or lack thereof.
Double Take readers might remember the trouble in which Golden...
Extra cash ‘to expand legal help for needy’
By PAUL MILLAR
A GEELONG legal service for the disadvantaged and victims of crime has received a major funding boost.
Barwon Community Legal Service will receive...
Portarlington mini-railway ‘back on track for summer’
By PAUL MILLAR
VOLUNTEERS expect a green light in time to re-open Portarlington’s mini-railway for summer’s tourism surge.
The Rotary Club of Drysdale ran the popular...
Bellarine community group launches appeal to cover servo costs
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A FUND-RAISING appeal will seek to cover the legal costs of a community group that lost its bid to stop a...
$1.3m ‘farm’ at Leopold to train jobless, disabled
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
HUMAN services organisation Encompass is planning a $1.3 million training facility at its rural property in Leopold.
The multi-purpose shared use training...
Event ‘breaks sustinable tradition’
THE growing popularity of sustainability on the Surf Coast has spawned a new event, Build Grow Live
Surf Coast Energy Group (SCEG) and Danawa Community...
Local tears for gutted church
By PAUL MILLAR
LOCALS young and old wept in the street when an intended day of celebration turned into their Ash Wednesday as Bannockburn’s historic...
Piles of horror with ‘wedding’
By PAUL MILLAR
SOMETHING always goes wrong at a wedding, from the toppled cake to the torn bridal dress.
But a forthcoming wedding at Queenscliff’s Vue...
Museum raises the baa with flock
THOUSANDS of participants have helped Geelong’s National Wool Museum muster the world’s largest flock of hand-made pompom sheep.
The museum thanked “pompom drovers” from around...
Painting the region’s trail
Artists can show off their brush strokes, prints and works across a range of mediums during this year’s Surf Coast Arts Trail. ...
