Don’t duck out of portable pool safety
ON AVERAGE, one child dies from a portable pool-related drowning every year in Australia, while others need hospital treatment and may be left with...
Eastern Beach pic picked for calendar cover
NEXT year’s calendar from the City of Greater Geelong should be hitting letter boxes this week. The 2019 calendars, which are free for Geelong residents, will...
Ladies Tennis Festa!
A BIG couple of weeks for Geelong’s lady tennis players, with the midweek grand final matches, followed a week later by Geelong Lawn’s annual...
Labyrinth returns to the river
A LABYRINTH has re-appeared on the banks of the Barwon River in the lead-up to Christmas. With Intention, a small meditation community of the Western...
Sattler and Vials team up to coach senior women next year
FC LEOPOLD has announced its coaches for the senior women's team for the 2019 season. Cath Sattler will return next year alongside club president and...
Census shows the value of apprenticeships to youth
TAKING on an apprenticeship leads to the highest level of wellbeing among young Australians out of all post-school pathways, according to the results of...
IN BRIEF
Shire fined $8,000 for landfill fire THE Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has fined the Surf Coast Shire more than $8,000 for breach of licence...
City Deal becoming a reality
Prime Minister Scott Morrison last month announced his government would contribute $154 million to a City Deal funding package for Geelong and the G21...
Grove motorsport star claims top-three result at championship
RISING Ocean Grove motorsport star Zac Soutar has claimed third place overall in this year’s Australian Formula Ford Championship. The 21-year-old has had a breakthrough...