Double Take
Do we really have such trouble recognising celebrities in Geelong?
On rock quiz TV show Spicks and Specks last week, Scared Weird Little Guys' Rusty...
In Brief
Christmas spending
A $2 million spending spree on Christmas decorations will go ahead after Geelong’s council approved the initiative this week.
Mayor Darryn Lyons used his...
Buckets & Bouquets
Buckets to the owner of a blue car for doing a runner after reversing into our back gate in a lane off Percy St....
Brass off to WWI festival in France
By LINDSAY TOULMIN
Dedication to their instruments has paid dividends for two Geelong Memorial Brass Band members.
Christina Bowden and Belinda Whitehand have been invited to...
Let public judge, circus asks Surf Coast
By NOEL MURPHY
ERONI’S Circus has asked Surf Coast Shire Council to let it perform as a case study of how circuses treat animals.
The circus’s...
Experts in the Blak arts here
By Emily Iannello
Leading Aboriginal artists will perform at Drysdale on Sunday. They will appear in Blak Cabaret, featuring a range of comedy, poetry, musical and...
Warriors’ Dandy after 6-1 victory
By Josip Zilic
North Geelong Warriors banged on six goals in just over 30 minutes to come from behind for its biggest win of the...
Fishing: Big trout about here and there
By Chris Pitman
Ryley Hutchins and father Shane were into the action soon after venturing out onto Lake Purrumbete early last Saturday in search of...
Top returns on local property
By John Van Klaveren
LOCAL property owners are less likely to make a loss on resale than in Gold Coast, according to a new industry...
Anglesea beach protesters demand Alcoa coal mine shut-down
THREE hundred protesters took to Anglesea Beach at the weekend demanding the town’s Alcoa coal-fired power station be shut down.
A human sign spelling out...
Balaclava bandits rob Lara bakery
UPDATE:
POLICE continue to investigate an armed robbery which occurred at a bakery in Lara Monday early Monday.
Detectives have scoured CCTV footage and now believe...
Circus attack on Surf Coast ban
By NOEL MURPHY
CIRCUSES have hit back at Surf Coast Shire’s ban on caged animals performing on council-owned land.
Circus Federation of Australia said circuses operating...
Newcomb powers to important win
Independent photographer Ivan Kemp was at Grinter Reserve on Saturday to see the Newcomb Power host and defeat Drysdale by four goals.
