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Ready, set, go: Independent’s Superkidz on their marks

Good sports: Hobbs siblings Olivia, 10, Jaron, 8, and Matilda, 7, prepare for the Superkidz triathlon. THE REGION'S super kids are preparing to compete...

Pay rises threaten agency jobs, work

JOHN VAN KLAVERENEMPLOYMENT and services will be cut if government fails to fund recent pay rises in the community sector, Geelong region agencies have...

Ward calls fall on deaf ears at VEC

ERIN PEARSONVICTORIAN Electoral Com-mission has recommended against splitting Surf Coast’s municipal structure into wards. But the commission also included two options for creating wards in...

Lab bust leads to call for more cops

MICHELLE HERBISONST LEONARDS residents will push for more police in the region following a clandestine drug lab bust this week, according to a community...

FINALLY FRIDAY: Ricketty start in the gardens

Ricketty Bridge will kick off February’s Music in the Gardens series on Sunday.ERIN PEARSONGEELONG Botanic Gardens will come alive with folk music this Sunday,...

FINALLY FRIDAY: Eminem’s dirty dozen to visit

Dirty dozen: D12 plays Geelong next month.ERIN PEARSONEMINEM’s crew will ditch its comical rhymes for “a little more maturity” when the rap group begins...

JOIN THE CLUB: All stitched up

Pointy end: Embroidery club members Marjorie Kavanagh, Berry Millard, Hilde Brenner, Gillian Norris, Jo Britt and Sue Patterson with examples of their work. ...

Children to race Thomas for charity

On track: Shaun and Orlanda look forward to taking on Thomas the Tank Engine.ORLANDA and Shaun are kids on a mission: to run faster...

Health study concludes: ‘Fatter in city than on coast’

Geelong men and women are fatter than residents of the Surf Coast, according to new State Government figures. But the Victorian Population Health survey shows...

Riding charity calls for ‘help’

Riding high: Matthew Antonelli enjoys a ride at Riding for the Disabled Barwon Centre with leader Mary Grieve and side-walkers Warren Brown and Madeleine...

City lab in bid to defeat virus

Cooped up: Morry Iacovella with feathered friends. JOHN VAN KLAVERENGEELONG'S Australian Animal Health Laboratory is testing a virus that prompted a ban on racing...

Skater to take on the Nulla’

Skater boy: Aaron Salta pulls a move on Geelong’s waterfront. ERIN PEARSONWHEN Aaron Salta’s mates told him he couldn’t skateboard across the Nullarbor...

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‘Giant yellow waterfall’ returns to Barwon Heads

Barwon River will be a sea of yellow as thousands of rubber ducks get thrown off the Barwon Heads Bridge this Easter Saturday. ...