Our mixed results in Glasgow
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG athletes at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow have enjoyed mixed fortunes.
Netballers Tegan Caldwell and Madison Robinson are part of an...
Triathlete Jack heads for Youth Olympics
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG triathlete Jack Van Stekelenburg has made his first Australian representative team, selected to compete at a Youth Olympics in Nanjing,...
Child abduction fears at Drysdale
By NOEL MURPHY
CHILD abduction fears have emerged at Drysdale after reports of a man trying to entice children into his van.
Online community page Leopold...
Cops taser man at Winchelsea
A MAN has been hospitalised after being tasered by police at Winchelsea on Tuesday night.
Police said the man was hospitalised due to concerns about...
In brief
Bikie raids
A 50-year-old North Geelong man has been bailed on a charge of failing to appear before court after a series of bikie-related police...
Double take
By NOEL MURPHY
PRETTY chuffed crew at Queenscliff’s Vue Grand Hotel where they’ve picked up two bonuses this week.
The first was a pretty fair moniker...
Doyle backs bid for $30m pier
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’s Yarra St pier plans have won powerful backing from number-one Cats ticket-holder, Melbourne lord mayor and former Liberal state leader Robert...
Port’s 3km pier option
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A LENGTHY offshore port terminal could overcome shallow water issues for a proposed Bay West container facility in Corio Bay's outer-harbour,...
Windy on a Thursdy
Strong winds whipped up quite a chop on the bay this Thursday morning, straining the yachts at their Western Beach moorings.
The windy day had...
Biotech leukaemia breakthrough at Geelong
By NOEL MURPHY
LEUKAEMIA victims could face a better chance of survival under world-first technology being ramped up in Geelong.
Research by biotech company Cytomatrix and...
Geelong’s mayor is getting very cocky ….
HE'S cocky, no doubt about it -- and here's artist Noreen Salt's avian interpretation of Geelong mohawk mayor Darryn Lyons.
Her sulphur-crested cockatoo image features...
Crisp winter break ….
THE sun breaks through the palms along Geelong's waterfront on a crisp Monday winter's morning -- a welcome respite from the chilly climes of...
Better access makes a splash
Beachgoers can wave hello to safer and easier access to beaches and coastal areas across Geelong and the Bellarine.
Five projects have received...
