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February 11, 2022
Entries still open for Bellarine Sunset Run
ENTRIES are still open for this Saturday’s Flying Brick Bellarine Sunset Run, but organisers are urging interested participants to sign up fast. Many families and...
February 10, 2022
Green makes good start at Vic Open
RICHARD Green has wound back the clock on his home track to claim a share of the lead midway through today's opening round of...
February 10, 2022
Pros do their homework on Vic Open
THE Vic Open tees off today (Thursday, February 10), and the pros will have been studying the two courses at 13th Beach Golf Links...
February 8, 2022
Vic Open tees up the future of golf
THE Victorian Open tees off this week and will celebrate its 10th year of being held in a mixed format, and one of the...
February 6, 2022
Kelly Slater wins at Pipeline
ELEVEN-time World Champion Kelly Slater has won the Billabong Pro Pipeline, the first stop on this year's World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT),...
February 6, 2022
Kurrak Playground to get finishing touches
THE Kurrak Playground is nearly fully complete, with the Barwon Coast Committee of Management planning to put the finishing touches on the project at...
February 5, 2022
SAFV Centre says victim-survivors must be heard in final plan
THE Geelong-based Sexual Assault and Family Violence (SAFV) Centre has welcomed the release of the draft National Plan to End Violence Against Women and...
February 3, 2022
Two Cats to become AFL Life Members
A PAIR of Cats will be among this year's inductees as Life Members of the Australian Football League next month. Announced this morning, Life Membership...
February 2, 2022
Draw the line: Bellarine DAL to hold hearings on settlement boundaries
PERMANENT boundaries around the Bellarine’s towns continue to be a flashpoint in the peninsula’s Distinctive Area and Landscape (DAL) program, with the Victorian government...
February 1, 2022
City makes changes to Customer Service Centres
THE City of Greater Geelong is permanently closing some of its Customer Service Centres as it responds to what it describes as "trends hastened...
February 1, 2022
Comments on draft plan extended after public backlash
THE Coalition Government has released its draft National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032, but has widened the opportunity for feedback...
January 29, 2022
Grants to improve coastal access
SAFER access to coastal areas is being provided for beachgoers on the Bellarine Peninsula following $1.3 million in funding through the Victorian Government’s Coastal...
January 28, 2022
Good points for all as charity auction raises $1.68m
COTTAGE by the Sea saw the benefit of furious bidding at a Point Lonsdale charity auction over the weekend, with the $1.68 million sale...
January 28, 2022
Ocean Grove bike jumps partially flattened
THE City of Greater Geelong has partially flattened some makeshift bike jumps in a park in Ocean Grove but says is making progress on...
January 27, 2022
Intrepid journalist honoured with AM
BARWON Heads business journalist Tony Walker has been chasing stories around the world for decades, and his hard work was reflected with one of...
January 26, 2022
It’s rabbit control season
AGRICULTURE Victoria and the Victorian Rabbit Action Network are encouraging landowners to get together with their neighbours to plan a rabbit control program, with...
January 24, 2022
Jed Morgan and Grace Kim locked in for Vic Open
AUSTRALIA'S hottest new golfing star Jed Morgan has committed to playing the Vic Open on the Bellarine Peninsula next month. The 22-year-old Queenslander emerged as...
January 23, 2022
Police investigating boating incident near Portarlington
POLICE are investigating an incident off the coast of Portarlington where a recreational fisher was almost swamped by two commercial fishing boats. Bellarine Pirates Angling...
January 23, 2022
City won’t host Australia Day event
THE City of Greater Geelong will not be hosting an overarching Australia Day celebration this year but says it is lending its support to...
January 22, 2022
Dreamy scenes brought to life
Anglesea artist Karren Stoneham was able to find a wonderful silver lining through the challenges of the pandemic and multiple lockdowns.
It was during that...
January 21, 2022
Asher takes leave from mayoralty for election
THE decks are being cleared for this year's indeterminate federal election, with Liberal candidate for Corangamite Stephanie Asher now on leave from being a...
January 21, 2022
Community associations wait on DAL outcome
THE Victorian government has missed its self-imposed deadline for the final stage of the Bellarine Peninsula Distinctive Area and Landscape (DAL) program, and a...
January 20, 2022
Basin plan: Barwon Water seeks feedback on Warram Creek project
BARWON Water is launching the next round of community engagement on its Bellarine Basin Yarram Creek project as it draws up a list of...
January 18, 2022
Public transport fees unfrozen
THE freeze on increases to Victorian public transport fares during the COVID-19 pandemic has ended, with travellers across the Geelong region now paying more...
