Tag: News
‘Drink, drugs driver’ jailed for crash death
Kim WatersA MOTORIST who killed a passenger in a car crash at Norlane while under the influence of drugs and alcohol will spend at...
‘Battler’ school praying for no rain this carvinal
Class act: Students James, Amanda, Zoe and, at back, Tegan promote the Tate Street primary carnival. Andrew MathiesonONE OF Geelong’s oldest primary schools fears...
Rock hits ute, hurts passenger on bypass
TWO men were lucky to escape “a more-serious” accident after a rock thrown from a Geelong overpass smashed into their ute on Wednesday morning,...
Deakin, Epworth ‘to open hospital’
Bedside manna: Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing Catherine King and MPs Richard Marles and Darren Cheeseman at the hospital announcement on Wednesday. Picture:...
Wane’s Wheels: Rarest cars in the world
Extinct species: Only one of its kind is known to have survived to this day after being exported to Australia in 1928.Greg Wane.A FOUR-tonne...
Kasey bears her art and soul
Family first: Country star Kasey Chambers plays in Geelong next month. Picture: Tommy RitchieErin PearsonART really does imitate life for Australian ARIA award winner Kasey...
Local Legend: Pat the Swagman
Travelling man: Pat Mangan with his South African Airlines award. Picture: Tommy Ritchie 54249Erin PearsonSITTING among piles of booking sheets and South African travel...
Bikes ‘to trash park after cut’
Erin PearsonILLEGAL trail bike riding will continue damaging Otways National Park after State Government pulled funding for a committee tackling the problem, according to...
Art of accident victims on road to Geelong
Image of anguish: Accident victim Hilary Ash’s Yoga, Pose of a Child features in the TAC exhibition.Erin PearsonAN EXHIBITION of the “emotional” artworks of...
State fire rules ‘to force a rates hike’
Kim WatersNEW bushfire regulations will burn a hole in ratepayers’ hip pockets, according to Geelong councillors.
They have warned rates will have to rise...
Strike-out for baseball plans
Andrew MathiesonDATES pencilled in for Geelong to host matches in a revamped national baseball competition have been rubbed off from this summer’s sporting calendar.
The...
‘Secret weapons’
Hear this: Karren Stoneham promotes the music festival.ORGANISERS have promised a “hive of activity” at this weekend’s first Anglesea Music Festival.
Festival director Karren...
We will remember them
Remembrance day is on Tuesday 11 November.
Ceremonies and wreath laying services will be held at several venues across Greater Geelong, Bellarine Peninsula, Surf Coast...
