Tag: News
Churches go to war in a test of strength
Which is Geelong’s strongest faith?
The answer might be revealed at Geelong’s inaugural Inter-Church Tug of War Competition tomorrow.
Bell Post Hill’s Covenant College will run...
Liberals pledge vote on Bellarine council. Have your say
Alex de VosBELLARINE Peninsula residents will get their own council if they want it, Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu pledged this week.
The Liberal party has...
Government plans to cut back local pokies
Andrew MathiesonThe Bracks Government plans to slash the amount of pokies at some Geelong gaming venues.
Labor has vowed to honour an election promise from...
Peninsula horse riders plan city streets protest
Alex de VosRiders will lead their horses through central Geelong to protest a lack of safe riding destinations on the Bellarine Peninsula.
Ocean Grove horse...
Land set to house 8000
Alex de VosDevelopers want to carve up 310 hectares of farmland near Clifton Springs for 3300 housing allotments.
A report to City of Greater Geelong...
Kindy ”lunch Nazis”
Hamish Heard“Lunchbox Nazis” are confiscating snacks such as fruit juice and muesli bars from kinder kids’ lunchboxes in a pilot program enforcing healthy eating.
An...
Fish stuck in depot
Karen HartCommonwealth Games fish have spent more than a year “rotting” in storage as Surf Coast’s council tries to work out what to do...
Racing elite to set up shop in region
By Hamish HeardAn overseas racing syndicate and one of Australia’s leading trainers have their sights on the Bellarine Peninsula, according to a councillor.
And...
Wedding venue wins
ANDREW MATHIESONAN HISTORIC Queenscliff church will be converted into a wedding reception centre and restaurant after a state planning tribunal green light.
Victorian Civil and...
Call for Government to release port plan: What are you hiding?
Andrew MathiesonThe Bracks Government is hiding plans to seize control of Geelong’s port until after the election, a community group has warned.
Geelong Community for...
Kids back in town with a kinder boost
Alex de VosPortarlington has welcomed home its pre-school children to an upgraded kindergarten facility.
For two terms Portarlington’s pre-school children and teachers shared Clifton Springs...
Third dies after freeway smash
The third victim of a Princes Freeway head-on collision has died in hospital.
The 19-year-old Point Cook man died in Royal Melbourne Hospital on Wednesday...
From the Archives
17 years ago
July 25, 2008
Geelong and the Surf Coast are among the hottest places to buy property in regional Australia, according to a national...
