Geelong’s line ‘most overcrowded’

By PAUL MILLAR GEELONG train travellers suffer more overcrowding than any other commuters in the region and are in desperate need of improved services, according...

National park trail rider threat

By EMILY IANNELLO PARTS of the Otway National Park could be “trashed“ by out of control recreational activities, a Geelong Enviroment Council investigation has found. And...

Corio hit by arson, armed robbery

By PAUL MILLAR INVESTIGATORS will scan video footage of an arsonist who torched two cars outside a Corio medical centre early yesterday morning. Detective Senior Sergeant...

Double take

It’s nice to know there are still some literal people about. The Independent’s weekly Reader’s Recipe asks readers to submit a favourite recipe and send...

Botanical art meets plant science

THE art of science will be explored by the Geelong School of Botanic Art in its biennial exhibition. Inspired by Nature 4 by the Friends...

Getting to the heart of the problem

A Deakin University researcher is looking to lift the taboo on the sexual problems that are often an unspoken side-effect for the 3.72 million...

Time to get exotic

IT’S PEAK orchid flowering season, so the world’s favourite exotic plants will put on a great show at the Geelong Orchid and Indoor Plant...

Woolly pompoms flock to a record

THE NATIONAL Wool Museum’s friend Shaun the Sheep is hoping to bale up people for its Guinness World Record attempt. The project wants to muster...

Lanterns light the way for familes touched by cancer

By EMILY IANNELLO A TEAM of local residents will host a community walk on behalf of the Leukaemia Foundation to help brighten the lives of...

Golfers get clubbed both ways during war protest

By PAUL MILLAR QUEENSCLIFF Golf Club has become a casualty of the annual battle between the Defence Department and anti-war protesters. The department “suspended all non-essential...

Bomb case hermit denied bail

By PAUL MILLAR AN APOLLO Bay man living in a shanty in rugged bushland for more than a decade has been denied bail after facing...

Popular gym’s closure shock

By PAUL MILLAR A POPULAR health club in the heart of the city has been forced to shut down after the landlord locked the doors,...

OAM honours for 11

Eleven people with significant connections to Greater Geelong were recognised with Australia Day honours on 26 January and received a Medal of the Order...