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New playground planned for Ocean Grove beach

THE new “Kurrak” playground being built at Ocean Grove Main Beach will celebrate Wadawurrung culture and the local environment. Barwon Coast started planning for a...

Tyson Stengle signs with the Cats

THE Cats have signed free agent forward Tyson Stengle to a two-year AFL contract. The 22-year-old was a highly sought after free agent after a...

Exposure site update – November 5

THERE have been two local additions to the list of COVID-19 public exposure sites in Victoria. They are: October 29 Oz Tenpin Geelong Bowling, 19 Reynolds Road,...

Falls Festival to leave Lorne in 2022

THE Falls Festival is leaving Lorne and the Surf Coast Shire after 27 years, and will move to a new home just to the...

TGGB names four for its board

TOURISM Greater Geelong and the Bellarine has added four location-based members to its board of directors. The regional tourism body held its annual general meeting...

Exposure site update – November 2

THERE is one local addition to the list of public exposure sites in Victoria to COVID-19. The Shiraaz Indian Restaurant in Malop Street, Geelong has...

A handful of nuts and seeds is good for your liver

Eating a moderate amount of nuts and seeds each day could prevent non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), new research has found.

Littering in Ocean Grove has expensive consequences

A MAN who littered in Wallington has taken a fine issued by the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Victoria to court, only to wind up...

Live music to play on in Geelong

MUSIC fans in Geelong and elsewhere in regional Victoria will celebrate the return of gigs with a huge weekend of outdoor concerts this Saturday...

Exposure site update – October 29

THERE are five local additions to the list of public exposure sites to COVID-19 in the Geelong region. They are: October 24 BOUNCEinc, 174 Torquay Road, Grovedale...

Wild weather wreaks havoc across region

WILD weather has wreaked havoc across the Geelong region, with last night's thunderstorm resulting in building damage, fallen trees and power outages across Geelong,...

Developer says pub site should be inside Ocean Grove’s boundary

PROPONENTS behind a plan to redevelop the “Collendina” hotel site in Ocean Grove believe their land should be inside the settlement boundary in the...

Final state electoral boundaries released

VICTORIA'S Electoral Boundaries Commission (EBC) has released its final state electoral boundaries, and there are big changes in both Geelong and South Barwon. Published online...

The people choose BIG4 Bellarine as the best

THE BIG4 Bellarine Holiday Park is again at the top of the charts with its guests, winning this year’s People’s Choice Award across the...

Christmas tree floats into the bay again

GEELONG'S floating Christmas tree arrived in Corio Bay this morning as the City of Greater Geelong prepares to bring forward its free program of...

Tom Roe to run in Corangamite

ANOTHER contender has thrown their hat in the ring for Corangamite, following Tom Roe’s declaration he will stand as an independent in the coming...

Oral history project is complete

THE Rotary Club of Ocean Grove has finished its oral history project to record the memories of long-term residents of the lower Bellarine Peninsula. The...

Coastcare walks step out again in Ocean Grove

A SUNNY October morning greeted a small group of locals keen to see and hear about the plants, animals and history of Ocean Grove’s...

Bruce Harwood lands job as AFL Barwon region manager

BRUCE Harwood has been appointed as the new region manager for AFL Barwon. The incumbent City of Greater Geelong councillor and former mayor has a...

Exposure site update – October 22

SITES in Geelong, South Geelong and Armstrong Creek have been added to the list of public exposure sites to COVID-19 in Victoria. They are: October 16  The...

Priority picks: G21’s big asks for Bellarine projects

THE date of the next federal election is not yet set, but G21 has updated the region’s list of priorities and is pitching them...

This Shocktober, learn to save a life

Ambulance Victoria is calling on people to help save lives this “Shocktober” by learning CPR and signing up as a GoodSAM Responder.

Lighthouse needs help to keep shining

POINT Lonsdale’s Lighthouse Arts Collective (LAC) is facing an uncertain future due to lost revenue during the pandemic, and has launched a fundraiser in...

Deakin’s simulator to test future vehicles

THE world’s most advanced research centre for next generation vehicles will be built in Waurn Ponds with help from the state government. The $13 million...