About: James Taylor

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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...

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...