Our coastal surf girls are cresting the waves
The Surf Coast has long lured and nurtured champions, and the current complement of wave carvers is no exception. NOEL MURPHY catches up with...
Regalia devotees sought for dwindling Buffaloes
PAUL MILLAR
THE GEELONG arm of a fancifully-named organisation, known more for its links to Fred Flintstone than its behind the scenes charity work, is...
Tax agent faces deception charges over missing $700,000
By PAUL MILLAR
A GEELONG tax agent lived the highlife at Crown Casino by drawing funds from trusting clients to feed a massive gambling addiction,...
Heat’s on our upset wildlife
By NOEL MURPHY
SPARE a thought for wildlife as temperatures soar over summer because they often do it harder than humans, according to Helen Burrell.
Wallabies,...
Big-buck student housing plans, and jobs, collapse
By NOEL MURPHY
A $100 MILLION inner-Geelong student housing project that would have generated 1000 jobs during construction has been abandoned as the Federal Government...
‘Cop rat’ accusation in Drysdale bashing mystery
By PAUL MILLAR
A DRYSDALE mother of two, badly beaten by two thugs in her back yard and held down as they scrawled text on...
Young author demonstrates her woolly heart in print
By NOEL MURPHY
WRITING a book is a common ambition many adults try but fail to achieve. Not so Amber Rosewarne who has just published...
Double Take: Rooftop caravan, feet up, secret boozers ….
THE CARAVAN influx to Geelong and the Surf Coast each summer usually terminates at a beachside resort - not on top of a pub.
For...
Climate change waits for a treat
GEELONG experienced its own form of climate change this week, living up to its maxim: If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes...
Multiple birth stress a reality
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
IT WAS exciting at first but then reality set in as Emma and Sam Thorley welcomed twins into the world.
Not that...
Water police crackdown on coastal boaters
By PAUL MILLAR
WATER POLICE have warned that there will be no let up on the crackdown on offenders doing the wrong thing on coastal...
Young musos hitting hot notes in big band
THE ANNUAL Geelong Summer Music Camp, attracting vocalists and instrumentalists from Victoria and interstate, starts this weekend.
The program is designed for 220 students at...
Bans handed out for junior footy altercation
AFL Barwon has handed down match suspensions, reprimands and bans after an investigation into a brawl at a junior footy match in July that...
