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Endorsed funding for netball courts
Three netball courts in Lorne and Winchelsea have been given the green light to be renewed.
Surf Coast Shire Council endorsed funding of $405,000...
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Faith in leaders at an all-time low
With the resumption of the ‘Gaza War’, I have lost faith in the leadership of western democratic nations...
Reaching for a better future
Deakin launched its recycling and clean energy hub this week at its Waurn Ponds Campus ManuFutures facility.
The $380 million Recycling and Renewable Energy Commercialisation...
Spur-of-the-moment ticket yields Super 66 division one prize
A Geelong man has admitted he spent yesterday pacing up and down the house coming to terms with his shock Super 66 division one...
Council shuts down Jan 26 reversal
Geelong council voted to stand by the decision it made earlier this year on January 26, despite efforts by councillor Eddy Kontelj to resurrect...
Gunman jailed for murdering rival after car chase
A man who shot dead a rival from point blank range after pursuing him in a dangerous car chase has been jailed for at...
Community calendar
Ballroom dance
Leopold Hall, 805-809 Bellarine Hwy. Admission $10 includes supper. Saturday December 16, 7.30pm-11pm, music Ben Costanzo.
■ 0400-500 402
Geelong Harmony Chorus
Women’s four-part harmony singing....
The beauty of growing old
Geelong indie artist Stefan West has released a new single focusing on all aspects of life and the beauty of growing old. ...
Dollys Creek diggings
160 YEARS AGO IN GEELONG
(From the pages of the Geelong Chronicle)
DOLLY’S CREEK DIGGINGS
The area known as Dolly’s Creek is today just a camping ground...
Volvo XC60, plenty to say – mostly good
What’s in a name? Plenty for Volvo, the Sino-Swedish car maker with its new mid-size luxury SUV, the XC60, tagged with a string of...
Tiny house pilot begins in Surf Coast
A Tiny Houses on Wheels (THOWs) Pilot is starting in the Surf Coast Shire to provide more affordable housing and key worker accommodation.
The...
From the Archives
1 year ago
December 16, 2022
Another greyhound has died at the Geelong racetrack, making Geelong the second-deadliest track in Australia behind Shepparton with nine deaths.
According...
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...
