Tag: News
Strike sends car shipping work to Geelong’s port
JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Geelong’s port has reaped a windfall of extra shipping traffic after an industrial dispute shut down Melbourne’s roll-on-roll-off car trade at Webb...
Grandma Julie ‘on a mission’ for African orphans
Helping hands: Julie Jones, centre, with Joan McPhee, Mary Gallagher and some of the knitted donations set to brighten the lives of AIDS orphans...
Expert ‘stands down’ from review on river
JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
An expert appointed to lead a review of investigations into Anglesea River fish kills has stood down, an action group has revealed.
Environment...
Time to man up, magistrate tells crime spree duo
KIM WATERS
A magistrate has told two teenagers who joined a gang crime spree in Winchelsea to “man up”.
Ann McGarvie fined 18-year-olds Andrew Bourdouvalis and...
Teen Tess ‘gets real’ with album
ERIN PEARSON
AN ALBUM is like a business card for 16-year-old music sensation Tess Guthrie.
The Torquay teenager said her career choice seemed “even more...
‘Bigger council’ bid
KIM WATERS
Queenscliff’s council has cited the “increased stress” of its workload in a call for funding to elect two extra councillors, according to a...
Site set on bank project at Heads
KIM WATERS
The finalisation of site negotiations have “locked in” plans for a Barwon Heads community bank, according to a committee spokesperson.
Barwon Heads Community...
MOTOR: T-bucket
The T-Bucket became the most identifiable hot rod after ’50s television series 77 Sunset Strip’s cool dude, Kookie, drove a flame-red T. GREG WANEThe...
ENTERTAINMENT: Bells rings for Airey’s
ERIN PEARSON
BOOK worms will get their own fix of Rip Curl Pro action this weekend when the competition’s history barrels down the coast, according...
Geelong punters set to catch YellowFever
Hanging around: YellowFever is on the way to Geelong.ERIN PEARSON
AUSTRALIA is like Texas, according to YellowFever front man Adam Jones.
“The landscape and people’s misconceptions...
JOIN THE CLUB: Enter the dragon: rowing club up the Barwon with 20 paddles
Fired up: Firecats members practice their strokes. JOHN VAN KLAVERENMost of us like to march to the beat of our own drum.
But Geelong...
‘Pre-pay’ fuel call for servos
ERIN PEARSON
Making customers pay before filling up could stop petrol thefts at Geelong service stations, according to the city’s top cop.
Inspector Chris Gawne urged...
200-run stand for Couta pair
An unbeaten double-century partnership got Queenscliff’s Bellarine Peninsula Cricket Association A1 Grade season back on track after a winless opening three rounds.
Captain Hayden Illingworth...
