About: Jack Parsons
December 3, 2020
Borough Bendigo a no-no
THE last bank in the Borough has shut its doors with Bendigo Bank in Queenscliff announcing the closure of their branch. The bank shut its...
December 3, 2020
This Girl Can Week in full swing
City of Greater Geelong is partnering up with the Victorian division of This Girl Can, a powerful campaign designed to promote, encourage, motivate and...
December 3, 2020
Environmental projects win big
TWO local coastal environmental projects have won awards at the 2020 Victorian Marine and Coastal awards last week. The Barwon Estuary Project won in the...
December 3, 2020
16 Days of Activism spreads awareness
THE Borough of Queenscliffe and Surf Coast Shire Council have announced their support for the Respect Women: 'Call it Out' - 16 Days of...
December 3, 2020
16 Days of Activism spreads awareness
THE Borough of Queenscliffe and Surf Coast Shire Council have announced their support for the Respect Women: 'Call it Out' - 16 Days of...
December 3, 2020
Mysterious debut EP from Ocean Grove artist
There is a mysterious new artist lurking around Ocean Grove who goes by the name Swim Lanes. It's four tracks of uplifting, video game dream...
November 26, 2020
Local legend releases debut album
Torquay raised, East Geelong resident Bec Goring released her new album Beware this month. The eight-track release is a collection of hard hitting songs that...
November 26, 2020
Bellarine primary school leading the pack
QUEENSCLIFF Primary School is setting a trend as one of very few primary schools in the area that have made Indigenous studies part of...
November 26, 2020
Treasure on our doorstep
Local group Bellarine Landcare have united with a host of local environmental groups to organise a webinar event exploring and elevating the Ramsar wetlands...
November 19, 2020
Lonny lights up
CHRISTMAS lights have been hoisted around the giant Norfolk pine tree between Point Lonsdale and Queenscliff in preparation for the much loved community tradition. The...
November 19, 2020
Local bakery number one
ROLLING Pin Bakery in Ocean Grove, Queenscliff and Leopold has achieved its biggest ever win at the 31st Official Great Aussie Pie Competition. Success is...
November 19, 2020
Coastcare back in the dunes
OCEAN Grove Coastcare is back in action having filled a staggering 30 bags with weeds following a weed pull in the dunes to take...
November 12, 2020
NAIDOC Week in the Borough
NAIDOC Week celebrations continued this week despite COVID compromising the usual festivities. This year the theme 'Always Was, Always Will Be', pronounced "Yannan-ik Yannan-iyu" in...
October 29, 2020
Surf Coast and Bellarine will rock again
LIVE music can again be enjoyed in small numbers outside, as restrictions ease in regional Victoria and local music venues the Torquay Hotel and...
October 29, 2020
Hope Song goes digital
SURF Coast playwright and author Janet Brown's theatre production The Hope Song has been released online by a Sydney production company. The video has been...
October 29, 2020
Ocean Grove zeroes in on BMX track
OCEAN Grove is one step closer to having its own purpose-built BMX and mountain bike park after Corangamite federal member Libby Coker announced her...
October 29, 2020
Local organisations unify to protect clifftop habitat
MAKESHIFT hangouts have been identified and piles of rubbish collected from forcibly cleared bushland along the Jan Juc clifftop. A coalition comprising Victoria Police, Surf...
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