Tag: News
Wane’s Wheels: Rally test of team’s skills
Bush-bashing: Graeme McMahon, front, with co-drivers Con Sheahan and Mal Stewart covered 2600 kilometres, mostly on dirt roads, in their VH Commodore Station wagon...
Grassy Noll’s shooting back
Country idol: Shannon Noll returns to Geelong next week to play at Gateway Hotel.Erin PearsonTHE adage about taking the boy out of the country...
Duo bags a show in city
From ARIAs to Geelong: Bag Raiders is set to play in Geelong with Flight Facilities next week.Erin PearsonPAUSING during a recovery swim on Monday,...
Local Legend: Vintage obsession for old machinery
Old timers: Drysdale’s Wilf Bufton with part of his collection of vintage machinery. Picture: Tommy Ritchie 56099Andrew MathiesonA VINTAGE Wilf Bufton answers the door...
Fundraiser for Orphans
Fundraiser: Rhianna Hobbs with an auction item. Andrew MathiesonTYPICALLY shedding a tear from those perpetual World Vision appeals every year just wasn’t enough for...
Uni in fear of Indian decline
Andrew MathiesonDEAKIN University is bracing for a decline in Indian student enrolments next year after recent rises in international enrolments at its Geelong campuses,...
MotoX ‘plans under review’
Revved up: Barrabool residents Heather Wellington and Marie and John George. Erin PearsonMOTORCYCLING Australia is drawing up new usage plans for its regional motocross...
Indy pages now available online
The real deal: The ePaper version of the Independent. Picture: Tommy RitchieAndrew MathiesonTHE Independent has adopted technology for internet users to see pages the...
Cash eases kinder squeeze
Room to move: Lynda Lehman with pupils Danny and Jude. Erin PearsonA FUNDING injection is set to relieve a squeeze on kinder places at...
‘1300’ sign over route
Kim WatersRESIDENTS fighting the proposed route of a bypass link south of Geelong have collected 1300 signatures on a petition backing their campaign, according...
Harbour hope up at Leopold
Harbouring doubts: Denis More at the harbour he built without a planning permit. Picture: Tommy Ritchie 56039Andrew MathiesonLEOPOLD could have a public boating facility...
Trains ‘every 20 minutes’, other pledges come faster
More to better: Transport Minister Martin Pakula join Labor MPs Lisa Neville, Ian Trezise and John Eren to announce a train travel pledge this...
‘Drove him crazy’: man kills scooter rider over affair
A jealous man killed a former close friend after being driven "crazy" over his girlfriend's affair with him.
Following his release from prison for an...
