Bentley drives GPAC renewal campaign
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
LEADING Geelong businessman Robert Costa has vowed to keep driving a Geelong Performing Arts Centre funding campaign right up to state...
War protesters ‘beaten, abused’ by troops after breaching Swan Island
By PAUL MILLAR
ANTI-WAR protesters claim they were beaten and abused by troops when they breached security to enter one of Australia’s key anti-terrorism training...
Street artist Rone brightens the daily tram commute
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG street artist Rone has his work adorning buildings in Berlin, Miami, Hawaii, London, San Francisco and Paris … now his elegant...
Costa Group scuttles Wyuna waterfront plans
By PAUL MILLAR
PLANS to berth an historic ship at Cunningham Pier as a tourist attraction have been scuttled by the Costa Group.
Michael Hoffman, the...
Double Take: Politics, graffiti, Mustangs, Port storm …
LIBS candidate for Geelong Paula Kontelj is out of sorts over a political graffiti artist’s assault on her election billboards.
The board, on the fence...
Ben’s big bike ride bid
By NOEL MURPHY
PASSERS-BY might have been bemused to see a bloke dropping some 400 push-ups and spritely leaps up and down near the Queens...
Vintage sounds signal the Geelong Show
By PAUL MILLAR
FOOTY players know it’s almost game time when they enter the sheds and smell the liniment, but for Chris Quirke the smell...
News briefs: Wild wind, port storm, books surge …
WILD WINDS
State Emergency Service crews were kept busy on Tuesday night as wild winds lashed the region with most calls related to trees down...
Push for Geelong police memorial
By PAUL MILLAR
GEELONG should be included in police remembrance day celebrations held across the state, according to Police Association boss Ron Iddles.
Mr Iddles said...
Rippleside marina in no rush as delays blow out: Ramsay
By PAUL MILLAR
IT TOOK one year and 45 days to erect the 437 metre Empire State Building in 1931 but things move slower in...
Tech Savvy tips on tap for seniors
SENIORS across Geelong are being encouraged to embrace and become more comfortable with technology following the introduction of a new, free training program.
The Tech...
Drones taking to new heights
By NOEL MURPHY
DRONES, increasingly popular with photographers, are finding new applications among everyone from real estate agents to the mining sector - not to...
From the Archives
15 years ago
July 2, 2010
Three councillors have called a public meeting to fight plans for redevelopment of Geelong Golf Club.
Eddy Kontelj, Stretch Kontelj and...
