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February 22, 2022
Mask, working from home rules to ease
Victoria is easing indoor mask-wearing and working from home rules and bringing back elective surgery under changes to COVID-19 pandemic health orders. The changes, including...
February 22, 2022
Seagulls seek coach for women’s reserves
THE Barwon Heads Football and Netball Club (BHFNC) is preparing to celebrate its 100th year in 2022, and is seeking a new coach for...
February 21, 2022
Lifeline launches 24/7 text service
LIFELINE has provided Australia’s only Crisis Text helpline since 2019, providing support to people in psychological distress, and is now using a $1.5 federal...
February 20, 2022
Wear red and help to stop heart disease
THIS February is REDFEB - heart awareness month. As well as encouraging people to wear red and donate, Heart Research Australia is promoting new resources...
February 19, 2022
Roads in Lower Bluff to stay unsealed
THE City of Greater Geelong is dropping a proposal to possibly seal roads in St Leonards’ Lower Bluff area after public consultation revealed a...
February 18, 2022
Sun sets on another successful Flying Brick run
THE Flying Brick Bellarine Sunset Run has wrapped up another successful event, with hundreds of runners enjoying the conditions between Portarlington and St Leonards. Held...
February 18, 2022
Olympic champion happy to be home
JAKARA Anthony is enjoying being back at home in Barwon Heads, but will not fully celebrate her triumph at the Winter Olympics until the...
February 17, 2022
Crowded House add Geelong to national tour
MUSIC legends Crowded house have just announced new dates and locations for their Australian Dreamers Are Waiting Tour later this year, including A Day...
February 17, 2022
Out of line: Association disappointed by public hearing on town boundaries
THE Ocean Grove Community Association (OGCA) is extremely disappointed by the Victorian government’s decision to consult further about the town’s settlement boundaries, saying public...
February 15, 2022
Potato Shed launches 2022 season
THIS year’s program at the Potato Shed will offer an exciting variety of theatre, dance and music from visiting professional companies and local artists. The...
February 13, 2022
Papadatos, Green triumph at Vic Open
HANNAH Green obliterated the field to win the Vic Open women's championship today (Sunday, February 13) for her first big triumph on home soil...
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...
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