Change Geelong Star’s embarrassing name: MP
By NOEL MURPHY
SUPER trawler Geelong Star is embarrassing Geelong and needs a name change, according to MP Sarah Henderson.
The Corangamite Liberal called for the...
Pen pals to meet at last
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
HEATHER Downey knows it was destiny that led her to embark on the trip of a lifetime.
A confluence of dates representing...
Towering fun with all the Fawlty staff
By NOEL MURPHY
“BASIL!” The short, sharp admonishing tone of Sybil Fawlty to her deranged husband is one of British TV’s best-known comic phrases.
The...
Elissa has winter all wrapped up
Frugal Friday
WRAPS , shawls, ponchos and capes: Do we really know the difference?
Of course we do - kind of - not excluding those of...
Mechatronics winners head to UK
LOCAL apprentices Jake Barton and Luke Diaz are headed to the United Kingdom to beef up their already considerable skills.
The pair of mechatronics geniuses...
North’s health centre gets State Budget short shrift: Ramsay
By NOEL MURPHY
IT MIGHT be the number one item needed in Geelong battler northern suburbs but the Barwon Health North mini-hospital was given short...
Art after dark to shine bright
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG is set to stage a striking array of music, colour, dance and art events tonight.
The City Hall-sponsored Geelong After Dark fest...
Car fans are oil in to swap stories
IF YOU don’t have oil in your veins, you are likely to have it on your palms after visiting the Bay City Swap meet...
Percival storms back
By EMILY IANNELLO
ONE OF the most loved characters in Australian literature, Mr Percival, will be landing on GPAC’s stage this month.
The classic Australian...
Buckets and Bouquets
BUCKETS to the female staff member at a Waurn Ponds jeweller who told my son that he would not be able to afford a...
Swan Bay sea eagles at ‘risk’
By NOEL MURPHY
CAMPAIGNERS against microlight aircraft operations at the Bellarine Peninsula’s Swan Bay have gathered some 800 signatures arguing the airfield will endanger breeding...
Breakthrough stomps musos
By NOEL MURPHY
MUSICIAN-scientist Richard Helmer’s never been one for letting the grass grow under his feet - especially on stage.
The Hamlyn Heights engineer, researcher...
The life and times of Melba
Geelong’s only dedicated opera studio brings the story of Australia's most famous soprano to life in one special show.
Next weekend Geelong City Opera will...
