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Wolfgang lands riesige forellen (or, in English, huge trout)

VISITING German Wolfgang Hilderbrand wanted to sample local freshwater fishing but chose the difficult challenge of Wurdee Boluc Reservoir last week. Wolfgang’s mudeye under a...

Woolies’ $29m spend at Highton, Curlewis

WOOLWORTHS will spend $29 million building two new shopping centres in the Geelong region, the company has announced. Four-hundred jobs will flow from the “Barrabool...
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Big firms eye Alcoa site

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN   SEVERAL multinational companies have expressed interest in Alcoa’s Point Henry site, Mayor Darryn Lyons has revealed. Cr Lyons told a Geelong Business...

‘Unsafe’ GPAC needs $140m upgrade

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN   GEELONG Performing Arts Centre is “unsafe” and “no longer fit for purpose”, according to a funding submission. The GPAC board's $140 million...

Viva Las Vegas victory for our aerodance champions

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN   GEELONG’S aerodance team has come home with gold medals from an International Aerobic Championships in Las Vegas. The six 15 and 16-year-olds...
Double Take

Double Take

    GEELONG coach Chris Scott was as nonplussed as anyone over the Stevie J jumper-ripping incident against Fremantle last Saturday. “Interesting tactic, rip a player’s jumper...

In Brief

$4.6b call Geelong is part of a push for a $4.6 billion funding injection into regional roads and public transport. Regional Cities Victoria, of which Geelong...

Christmas tree to attract ‘thousands’

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN   Tourists will flock to Geelong to see its carbon fibre and aluminium floating Christmas tree, according to Mayor Darryn Lyons. “When I...

Road deaths fall

Road fatalities in Geelong fell almost 80 per cent in the past financial year, according to Traffic Accident Commission (TAC) figures. Three people died in...

Reservoir spill as storages up

Up to 600 million litres of drinking water spilled daily from the region’s main Otways reservoir after it reached capacity at the end of...

Here’s cheers to beer judge job

A Geelong brewer has won the job of a lifetime - head judge of Australia’s premier beer awards. Warren Pawsey, head brewer at Little Creatures,...

New owner’s $150m refinery spend

By Paul Millar In a show of commitment, Corio refinery’s new owners have pledged to invest $150 million at the iconic site over the next...

Stengle out, Cat to debut

Star Geelong forward Tyson Stengle is out of Saturday's AFL game against Richmond for family reasons, with George Stevens to make his senior debut. The...