Tag: News
JOIN THE CLUB: Guardians of our hazardous coast
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
IT’S THE nastiest stretch of water in the world when it’s playing up, but the Queenscliff coast guard blokes brave it...
Opportunity beckons in ‘Aviation city’
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
GEELONG has an opportunity to “step up and become an aviation city”, according to a pilot training business owner.
Sky Thrills owner and...
Street art chalks up a surprise
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
MANY tried and failed to pull legendary sword Excalibur from its stone resting place - just like this 3D chalk radish set...
Huge support backing Tutungi
By NOEL MURPHY
EMOTION and selflessness have marked a massive community desire to help South Barwon footballer Casey Tutungi, struck down a quadriplegic after a...
Women no longer skirt success
NAIVETY plus belief - those were the two ingredients behind Rebecca Martin’s success in creating her own three-store home wares and clothing brand.
“When I...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Conducting a classic
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
WHO knew classic cartoon character Wile E Coyote could have anything in common with a classical music conductor?
Johann Strauss Ensemble conductor...
’I’m sorry you had to wait’: Paramedics hit lack of resources, low pay
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG paramedics are urging their managers to take up the cudgels for more resources, better pay and a new ambulance administration.
About 200...
Harding all clear
By NOEL MUPRHY
GEELONG’S most troubled CBD development - Harding Park - appears set for completion after almost 15 years of controversy.
Plans have been lodged...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Hip hop hobby hits the spot
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
Melbourne hip-hop artist Seth Sentry confesses to still viewing music as a “hobby” despite earning notoriety as Channel V’s 2012 Oz Artist...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Sisters swinging the soul scene
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
WHETHER it be boogie-woogie-ing to the tunes of the Andrews Sisters or getting excited with the Pointer Sisters, the members of Soul...
Shane falls for footy nostalgia
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
ANYONE ever in need of a nostalgia kick should drop in to see Shane Falls at his Fyans St car yard.
The...
Fast fights a promise
by NOEL MURPHY
MARTIAL arts are fast and furious, to say the least, but when their best practitioners pad up to the eyeballs in protective...
Creativity on show
The talent and creativity of students from Geelong’s north is on show this week with a special exhibition from one of the region’s biggest...
