‘Tax office’ scammers target Geelong

By PAUL MILLAR SCAMMERS are focussing on the Geelong region with heartless fraudsters impersonating police and tax officers to relieve locals of their cash. The con...

Geelong first to free police from ‘babysitting’ cells

By PAUL MILLAR GEELONG will become one of the first service areas in Victoria to receive custody officers, freeing up more police on the beat. Police...

Change Geelong Star’s embarrassing name: MP

By NOEL MURPHY SUPER trawler Geelong Star is embarrassing Geelong and needs a name change, according to MP Sarah Henderson. The Corangamite Liberal called for the...

Pen pals to meet at last

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN HEATHER Downey knows it was destiny that led her to embark on the trip of a lifetime. A confluence of dates representing...

Towering fun with all the Fawlty staff

By NOEL MURPHY “BASIL!” The short, sharp admonishing tone of Sybil Fawlty to her deranged husband is one of British TV’s best-known comic phrases. The...

Elissa has winter all wrapped up

Frugal Friday WRAPS , shawls, ponchos and capes: Do we really know the difference? Of course we do - kind of - not excluding those of...

Mechatronics winners head to UK

LOCAL apprentices Jake Barton and Luke Diaz are headed to the United Kingdom to beef up their already considerable skills. The pair of mechatronics geniuses...

North’s health centre gets State Budget short shrift: Ramsay

By NOEL MURPHY IT MIGHT be the number one item needed in Geelong battler northern suburbs but the Barwon Health North mini-hospital was given short...

Art after dark to shine bright

By NOEL MURPHY GEELONG is set to stage a striking array of music, colour, dance and art events tonight. The City Hall-sponsored Geelong After Dark fest...

Car fans are oil in to swap stories

IF YOU don’t have oil in your veins, you are likely to have it on your palms after visiting the Bay City Swap meet...

Percival storms back

By EMILY IANNELLO ONE OF the most loved characters in Australian literature, Mr Percival, will be landing on GPAC’s stage this month. The classic Australian...

Buckets and Bouquets

BUCKETS to the female staff member at a Waurn Ponds jeweller who told my son that he would not be able to afford a...

World-class cycling returns

Thousands of cyclists will ride across Geelong, the Bellarine and Surf Coast roads next week as The Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race returns....