Tag: News
FINALLY FRIDAY: It’s Grate to be home
Photogenic: The Grates’ John Patterson and Patience Hodgson.ERIN PEARSONHE fell in love with the Big Apple’s easy living and maid service but The Grates...
SHATTERED LIVES: Music’s healing touch
Concerto of life: Patrycja Radzi-Stewart hopes her story acts as a warning. JOHN VAN KLAVERENPARRYCJA Radzi-Stewart was feeling good – she had just attended...
JOIN THE CLUB: Bopping the blues
Jam session: Sleepy Hollow musos hit the stage.JOHN VAN KLAVERENTHE title of sleepy hollow isn’t heard much around the town these days – except...
Charity ride a family affair
Medical cycle: Rylan, Don and Ray. TOM BENNETTFOURTEEN-year-old Rylan Bird and his 62-year-old grandfather Ray McNamara are on the ride of a lifetime.
The...
10 year olds begging, fighting: ‘We need more city security’ – whistleblower
ERIN PEARSONCHILDREN as young as ten were begging for money and fighting in central Geelong, according to a whistleblower.
The security officer, who didn’t want...
Notoriously tall ship sets sail to Geelong
Ahoy there: The Notorious is headed our way. TOM BENNETTAFTER 12 years and 1000 heartaches, mariner Graeme Wylie is poised to hoist the mainsail...
Roads black hole
TOM BENNETTTHE CITY faces “massive” shortfall in roads funding, a Geelong councillor has confirmed.
At its meeting this week Geelong’s council called for an extension...
Big wave surfer conquers Albatross
Cowabunga: Jeff Rowley surfs Teahupoo in Hawaii. ERIN PEARSONTORQUAY’S big wave surfer Jeff Rowley (pictured left) has plunged into the Australian and world big...
Tiger mosquitos invade peninsula: Mozzie alert
Spray it: Pest controller Nino Caminiti treats vacant grassland. ERIN PEARSONSWARMS of the dangerous Tiger mosquito have begun infesting parts of the Bellarine...
10-year-old boys beat baffled burglar
Burglar: Alleged offender.ERIN PEARSONPOLICE have released an image of a man they are seeking following an attempted burglary foiled by twin 10-year-old boys.
The two...
Police command confirms: No cops for three years
ERIN PEARSONGEELONG was unlikely to receive any significant numbers of extra police until 2014 when the expected Waurn Ponds police station was ready, Geelong...
Putting fun back into run
Get fit: Sam Elliott preparing for the Dawnbusters fun run. TOM BENNETTGEELONG'S happiest fun run is expected to raise a record amount for charity...
Exhibition open for calendar’s final year
The Surf Coast Community Arts Calendar Competition exhibition is now open, and 12 artworks have been chosen to feature in the calendar’s final print...
