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Kick back with INXS at Motor City fest

By Jena Marino FANS will sing along to their favourite INXS songs at Geelong’s Motor City Music Festival next month. Tribute band INXSIVE will play the...

Cricket: Cats play Tiger for pride only

JIM TIMBERLAKE EVERYTHING looked good early when Geelong Cricket Club travelled to Prahran last Saturday for a one-day match, won the toss and elected to...

Snapper, flatties, whiting bagged in ‘shelter’ of bay

by CHRIS PITMAN CORIO Bay was a real asset for anglers last week as it provided shelter from strong winds. Pinkie snapper were abundant for anglers...

Fundraising: hospital swears by it

By JENA MARINO SWEARING and good health don’t generally go well together, but the Belmont Lions Sports Club players have made an exception. Their swearing and...

Cancer surgery can’t stop Rebekah’s goals

By JENA MARINO PRIMARY school teacher Rebekah Fewkes is determined that heading into surgery this week won’t slow her down. The Point Lonsdale resident will undergo...

Double Take: Namatjira, keep on trucking, wet sail …

“AS SLOW as a wet week” took on added meaning with the region copping a bucketing with an average of 42.5 mm of rain. The...

Cashed-up cruise ships head for Geelong

By PAUL MILLAR CASHED-UP tourists from America and Europe will cruise into Corio Bay next month on one of the most-highly rated liners in the...

Power flower proves an attention-grabber

GEELONG Flower Farm wanted a standout sign that showed where it was and what it was selling. Local engineering contractor Daniel McDonnell met the challenge,...

Embracing artistic expression from pen to palette

By NOEL MURPHY ANYONE not sleeping under a rock will have noticed the soaring boost in artwork around Geelong. Street art in particular has been booming...

25 jobs lost on Alcoa clean-up

By PAUL MILLAR A MOOLAP operation pinning its hopes of survival on processing Alcoa’s landfill will close its doors next month. Alreco, employing up to 25...

Fairfax buys real estate paper

GEELONG real estate publication The Weekly Review has been sold to Fairfax Media. The sale was part of Fairfax acquiring 100 per cent all Weekly...

Anger as Deakin slugs students on parking

By NOEL MURPHY YET another furore has erupted over parking at Deakin University as students are denied full-year parking permits until April. The latest parking uproar...

26-year drought broken

Anglesea broke a 26-year premiership drought by defeating Geelong Amateur in the Bellarine Football League grand final. Independent photographer Ivan Kemp was at Grinter...