Tag: Darryn Lyons
Magic Geelong Cup day amid slurs and sackings
By NOEL MURPHY
THE BEST Geelong Cup in years saw Caravan Rolls On win the $300,000 group three event before 15,000 patrons in perfect conditions.
The...
Geelong’s mystery doors open for a day
By NOEL MURPHY
KNOCK on some of Geelong’s bronzed and estimable doors and you never known what you might find behind them.
Rarely does the public...
Double Take: U2, Chappie, number-crunching, deep space
LOCAL lass recently holidayed in old Erin, soaking up the delights of the Emerald Isle and its welcoming pubs and constituents.
In one pub she...
Costa Group scuttles Wyuna waterfront plans
By PAUL MILLAR
PLANS to berth an historic ship at Cunningham Pier as a tourist attraction have been scuttled by the Costa Group.
Michael Hoffman, the...
Myer Christmas windows coup to raise festive season excitement
By NOEL MURPHY
CHRISTMAS celebrations in Geelong are about to ramp up exponentially with a string of Yuletide features.
A special Myer Christmas Windows showcase in...
Double Take
GEELONG coach Chris Scott was as nonplussed as anyone over the Stevie J jumper-ripping incident against Fremantle last Saturday.
“Interesting tactic, rip a player’s jumper...
Avalon:1000 new jobs in vegetable farm venture
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Futuristic $320m farming investment unveiled
A PROPOSED $320 million sustainable vegetable farm at Avalon will create more than 1000 jobs for Geelong,...
Double take
By NOEL MURPHY
PRETTY chuffed crew at Queenscliff’s Vue Grand Hotel where they’ve picked up two bonuses this week.
The first was a pretty fair moniker...
Doyle backs bid for $30m pier
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’s Yarra St pier plans have won powerful backing from number-one Cats ticket-holder, Melbourne lord mayor and former Liberal state leader Robert...
Geelong’s mayor is getting very cocky ….
HE'S cocky, no doubt about it -- and here's artist Noreen Salt's avian interpretation of Geelong mohawk mayor Darryn Lyons.
Her sulphur-crested cockatoo image features...
Lyons branches out
Geelong mayor Darryn Lyons joins Chris Beyon to launch the 10,000th tree for Geelong's Greenway project.
The City Hall project will plant 50,000 indigenous trees,...
Heat rises in Lyons-Fowler adverts battle
By NOEL MURPHY
A BITTER legal brawl is unfolding between Darryn Lyons and former mayor Brian Fowler over advertisements during last year’s mayoral election campaign.
Mayor...
Out & about at the beach
It was a stinker on Monday, but Voice photographer Ivan Kemp went to Ocean Grove main beach early, as did many others, before it...
