Tag: News
Subculture ‘boom’ driving new fashions in Geelong
Tatt’s nice: Customer ‘Tom’ has new tattoos applied at Ink Tattoo Studio. JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Geelong is experiencing rapid growth in urban subcultures, fuelling...
Report ‘threatening’ taxi driver livelihoods
ERIN PEARSON
GEELONG taxi drivers could lose airline passenger business if State Government and Avalon Airport adopt a report to increase competition in Melbourne, according...
Residents win call for inquiry into Anglesea River ‘fish kills’
JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Residents have won their push for an independent inquiry into fish kills in Anglesea River, according to a spokesperson for South Barwon...
Bells charges dropped
ERIN PEARSON
POLICE have dropped criminal charges against a Bells Beach activist who Surf Coast Shire accused of damaging council property at the surfing reserve....
Lifesavers in title victories
ERIN PEARSON
SURF Coast athletes have dominated Australian Surf Lifesaving Championships in Queensland this week, winning more than 20 medals in masters events.
Anglesea’s Naantali...
School kids on the ball at Surf Coast’s ‘world cup’
Having a ball: Lorne-Airey’s girls, in white, take on Moriac-Ceres in the grand final of Tuesday’s competitionERIN PEARSON
Hundreds of children from across the Surf...
State of play on petition
KIM WATERSA federal MP is petitioning State
Government for funding to upgrade Ocean Grove’s “appalling” Shell Road sports reserve.
Labor Member for Corangamite Darren Cheeseman...
Couta boats in wait for moorings access
KIM WATERSBy Kim Waters
Owners of Queenscliff’s historic couta boats will wait until at least June before they can tie up at 28 new pile...
Geelong seeks Freo ‘options’
Get up to speed: Chris Scott says the Cats will need greater flexibility against the Dockers. ERIN PEARSONGeelong coach Chris Scott had some tough...
Surprise ‘over planning unit’
JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A new State Government “peri-urban planning unit” has caught councils in the region by surprise, according to representatives.
They were unaware Planning Minister...
JOIN THE CLUB: Group engineering models of handiwork
Model citizens: Norm Hatherly, Bob Julian, David Mann and Colin Klein with one of their group’s working models. JOHN VAN KLAVERENMost models don’t work...
Dumping ‘off rails at Lara’
ERIN PEARSON
LARA train tracks have become illegal dumps for building material and asbestos, according to the state’s Environmental Protection Authority.
EPA’s south west manager Gavan...
Blue bots and holiday fun
Independent photographer Ivan Kemp went to Geelong Library & Heritage Centre on Monday for the blue bot challenge school-holiday fun.
