Birds up for climate change, says Deakin research
BIRDS might have greater resistance to environmental impacts like climate change than previously thought, according to new Geelong research.
The finding emerged from a study...
Jean’s looking good after 100 years
NEWTOWN'S Jean Richardson always jokes about someone making a miscalculation when they bring up her age.
“She says she doesn’t feel she’s 100,” says granddaughter...
Buckets and Bouquets
BOUQUETS to Riding for the Disabled volunteers for generously giving their time and expertise to Nelson Park School students for their horse-riding program. A...
Cricket: Cats find form
JIM TIMBERLAKE
GEELONG Cricket Club could complete only one of two scheduled Twenty20 matches last weekend after rain washed out the entire Sunday fixture.
But on...
Motor City the next trick for Broderick Smith
By NOEL MURPHY
FEW musicians can turn their hand to as many tricks as blues legend Broderick Smith.
The singer-songwriter and blues harp Aussie icon might...
Perfect storm facing mental health
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
MENTAL health services in the Barwon region are suffering a “perfect storm” of funding uncertainty, reduced services and difficulty coping with...
Don’t Miss this Saigon show
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
SOME seminal moments in history live on in the public memory, and the fall of Saigon during the Vietnam War was...
Angling: Mixed bags with as summer begins
CHRIS PITMAN
THE START of summer has brought a mixed bag for local anglers.
Clifton Springs was again productive for anglers seeking all kinds of species.
Karl...
Feature: Calling their Bluff ….
It’s startling what you can find among the moonahs and rugged coastal bushland of Barwon Heads. NOEL MURPHY trips over an architectural gem ….
TEXTURE,...
Man dies in Connewarre car crash
POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash which occurred in Connewarre this morning.
Investigators have been told a van was travelling east along...
Superstar Lyons Geelong’s billion-tweet baby and $50 million man
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG mayor Darryn Lyons has become the city’s superstar billion-tweet baby with his social media impressions going stratospheric over his first year...
Rep puts the Bard on high speed
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
BY ALL reports Shakespeare was a fast writer but Geelong Repertory Theatre is taking the bard to new speeds.
The Geelong Rep’s...
Shire gets greener
Winchelsea and Deans Marsh are receiving green and leafy makeovers following the planting of new trees along key roads.
Trees have been...
