Fundraising: hospital swears by it
By JENA MARINO
SWEARING and good health don’t generally go well together, but the Belmont Lions Sports Club players have made an exception.
Their swearing and...
Cancer surgery can’t stop Rebekah’s goals
By JENA MARINO
PRIMARY school teacher Rebekah Fewkes is determined that heading into surgery this week won’t slow her down.
The Point Lonsdale resident will undergo...
Double Take: Namatjira, keep on trucking, wet sail …
“AS SLOW as a wet week” took on added meaning with the region copping a bucketing with an average of 42.5 mm of rain.
The...
Cashed-up cruise ships head for Geelong
By PAUL MILLAR
CASHED-UP tourists from America and Europe will cruise into Corio Bay next month on one of the most-highly rated liners in the...
Power flower proves an attention-grabber
GEELONG Flower Farm wanted a standout sign that showed where it was and what it was selling.
Local engineering contractor Daniel McDonnell met the challenge,...
Embracing artistic expression from pen to palette
By NOEL MURPHY
ANYONE not sleeping under a rock will have noticed the soaring boost in artwork around Geelong.
Street art in particular has been booming...
25 jobs lost on Alcoa clean-up
By PAUL MILLAR
A MOOLAP operation pinning its hopes of survival on processing Alcoa’s landfill will close its doors next month.
Alreco, employing up to 25...
Fairfax buys real estate paper
GEELONG real estate publication The Weekly Review has been sold to Fairfax Media.
The sale was part of Fairfax acquiring 100 per cent all Weekly...
Anger as Deakin slugs students on parking
By NOEL MURPHY
YET another furore has erupted over parking at Deakin University as students are denied full-year parking permits until April.
The latest parking uproar...
Penning Ormond, a Geelong colonial giant
By NOEL MURPHY
THE HILLTOP grave at East Geelong Cemetery makes for an impressive monument but 120 years after receiving its esteemed inhabitants it’s rarely...
Medicare bulk-bill back-flip welcomed
By PAUL MILLAR
THE HEAD of one of Geelong’s major medical centres believes an embarrassing bulk-bill back-flip by the Federal Government on Medicare reforms was...
Geelong con victims lose $1000s
By PAUL MILLAR
TRAVELLING conmen, who target the elderly and most vulnerable in the community, struck at least 14 times in the Geelong region last...
From the archives
16 years ago
20 November, 2009
A 20-year-old Leopold man who seriously injured two passenger when he drove his car off a cliff has walked free...
