Police strike teams to target water hoons
By PAUL MILLAR
WATER police will have strike teams on standby at Queenscliff to crack down on bay hoons over the busy summer period.
Acting Sergeant...
Milling about for bargains
By Elissa Friday
DRIVING along the Bellarine Highway, I decided to stop in and explore the Amazing Mill Markets.
Amazing is a good description because it’s...
Tears for fears: Deakin ATAR discovery video goes viral
A DEAKIN University video capturing the moment 30 school students discover their Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) has gone viral with more than 189,000...
Library-heritage centre takes shape over Johnstone Park
GEELONG'S new library/heritage centre cum art gallery is taking shape in rapidly in Johnstone Park as this image shows.
The nine-storey structure, valued at $45...
Two-day $90m Cats project call ‘wrong’: Cook
CONTRACTORS looking to provide management services for the stage four $90 million upgrade at Simonds Stadium have a week and a half -- not...
Land swap plan for convention centre: Neville
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
CITY Hall could swap its busport facility for Deakin University's waterfront car park to build a Geelong convention centre, according to...
Billion-tweet Lyons draws $52m for Geelong but loses council support
By NOEL MURPHY
MAYOR Darryn Lyons has drawn $52 million in media attention to Geelong, according to figures in a new report outlining his first...
Customs House should be a museum, says Ansett
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG'S Customs House should become a museum celebrating the city’s immigration, wool and gold history, according to heritage councillor Tony Ansett.
The move...
Pregnant mum in new anti-coal scare campaign
By NOEL MURPHY
SURF Coast air activists are ramping up Anglesea’s anti-coal scare campaign, accusing Alcoa’s power station of emitting arsenic, lead and mercury near...
Cats app plan to fill stadium
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
AN APP for Geelong Cats members to resell unused tickets could reduce empty game-day seats at Simonds Stadium, club chief Brian...
Surf Coast bans caged animals circuses
By NOEL MURPHY
SURF Coast Shire has banned circuses with caged exotic animals despite operators' pleas to prove their welfare credentials.
The decision will frustrate the...
Musos mourn loss of Sweethearts’ Ross Lipson
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG'S music industry is in mourning after Sweethearts founder and 25-year director Ross Lipson this week succumbed to cancer.
The 57-year-old music teacher...
Rooke leads Dragons to huge win
Bell Park's Hannah Rooke had an outstanding all-round A Grade game in round 10 of Geelong Cricket Association senior women's competition.
Rooke took the incredible...
