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...
Gunman questioned over crime spree
By PAUL MILLAR
A 35-YEAR-old Geelong man has been arrested after a terrifying spate of armed robberies across the city this week.
It’s alleged that...
Historic Bannockburn church blaze
By PAUL MILLAR
AN HISTORIC Catholic church in the heart of Bannockburn has been badly damaged in a fire overnight.
Fire crews were called to the...
It’s just a T-shirt storm in a teacup
“It’s just a t-shirt.”
With those words the bulk of Geelong’s social media commentary dismissed the controversy surrounding Mayor, Darryn Lyons and his “naked woman”...
Lives in the balance: Dying for an ambo
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
HEART attack and car accident victims face some of the state’s longest or shortest waits for ambulances depending on where they...
Double Take
THE issue of politicians and councillors (same thing, really) living in their electorates has been a long-standing and thorny issue but one politician sought...
Cops target ‘hot spots’
By PAUL MILLAR
POLICE will conduct an ongoing crackdown on known crime hotspots in the region over summer after a 24-hour blitz on central Geelong...
Nelson focuses on state seat
Geelong’s deputy mayor has stepped down from the position to pursue a seat in state parliament.
Seeks Liberal Party preselection in the seat of South...
