Assassins aim for GPAC audience
A TALENTED ensemble of actors, singers and comedians will feature in a new production of Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins at Geelong Performing Arts Centre (GPAC)...
Noll in a Corio show for Once
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
IT WAS either a clever or fortunate choice of song titles, translating as it did to a simple but catchy acronym...
Call to expand free wi-fi in region
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
FREE public wi-fi could be rolled out across Geelong if councillor Rod Macdonald has his way.
Whittington became the latest connected suburb...
Moolap drive-in artfully recreated
By NOEL MURPHY
THE great Aussie drive-in theatre tradition is all about car-boot smuggling, deckchairs and ugg boots - even lounge suites, says Geelong fine...
VicRoad ignoring dangerous potholes, says Ansett
By NOEL MURPHY
VICROADS is ignoring potholes across Geelong, leaving City Hall bearing the brunt of community ire, says Lara councillor Tony Ansett.
Key roads in...
Display marks century since Geelong sailed to war with Aussie troops
By NOEL MURPHY
ONE hundred years ago today the first Australian troops headed off from Port Melbourne’s Station Pier to The Great War in Europe...
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Gas blocked
Geelong’s council will seek a permanent ban on tapping the region’s reserves of onshore gas after receiving 447 submissions against it, particularly though...
80 new jobs in local industry
MORE than 80 manufacturing jobs are set to flow from three business investments worth almost $7.5 million, federal Industry Minister Ian McFarlane has announced.
He...
Country Alliance first for new political ‘force’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE COUNTRY Alliance could have called itself the common sense party, according to its Geelong candidates at their campaign launch this...
Flower power to give city new colour
NEW split-level planter boxes are adding splashes of flowery colour to central Geelong.
Workers began installing the boxes in bench seats along Malop, Moorabool and...
Newtown gate to open in fundraiser for botanic gardens
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GWEN Anderson’s plant knowledge is as lush as her garden, overflowing with greens, purples and blues.
Aroha, the garden she and husband...
Chocolate factory for Great Ocean Road
By NOEL MURPHY
A CHOCOLATE factory at Bellbrae has moved a step closer to reality after earning Surf Coast Shire planning department approval.
The department said...
No to cottage funding
The state government hs refused to fund the restoration of the historic 1860s Marshall Bluestone Cottage after it was dismantled to make way for...
