Tag: News
FINALLY FRIDAY: Normie Playboys back
By MICHELLE HERBISON
FORTY years had passed since Normie Rowe and the Playboys' bass player Peter Carroll picked up his instrument when the band came...
Coast parking ‘review’: Time limits ‘option’ to free up spaces
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
TIME limits, "attendants" and a park-and-ride system have been mooted as solutions to Surf Coast’s annual summer beach car parking congestion.
Great...
Crew backer on board
By PAUL MILLAR
A GEELONG race crew has secured a place in a global yachting showdown after securing a financial backer, following a story in...
Brownlow plaques find his home
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
WHEN Inger and Simon Neylon were house-hunting two and a half years ago, a cute weatherboard in East Geelong caught their...
$40K donated for mayor bid: Candidate backers revealed
By NOEL MURPHY
FORMER Geelong mayor John Mitchell received almost $40,000 in donations to his campaign for November’s mayoral election, City Hall documents have revealed.
The...
Clubs boss hits out at bus plan
By PAUL MILLAR
A LEADING Geelong nightclub operator has warned that introducing late-night weekend bus services from Melbourne to Geelong would give a free kick...
Affordability study: New York property ‘cheaper’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
AN INTERNATIONAL survey showing Geelong among the least-affordable housing markets in the world has blamed "restrictive land use policies".
Geelong is less...
Region braces for ‘scorchers’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG faces a mini-repeat of last week’s heatwave, with consecutive 38C and 39C degree days predicted for Monday and Tuesday.
The fresh...
Blitz targets our roads: Cops reveal operation
By PAUL MILLAR
POLICE will blitz Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula in a bid to prevent road carnage over the Australia Day long weekend.
Road Policing...
Tower’s health fears ‘rejected’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE REJECTION of objections to a mobile phone tower in Hamlyn Heights has set a precedent at Victorian Civil and Administrative...
SPORT: Captures up as temperatures down and region’s fishing running hot
By Brian Long
COOLER conditions lured more anglers onto the water over the past week, with a consequent increase in reports of captures.
Surf anglers...
SPORT: Blues to test young Cat talent
By Jim Timberlake
GEELONG Cricket Club has leapt to fourth on the Victorian Premier ladder after a thumping outright win over Greenvale Kangaroos.
Declaring on their...
Shire gets greener
Winchelsea and Deans Marsh are receiving green and leafy makeovers following the planting of new trees along key roads.
Trees have been...
