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September 3, 2020
New tourism campaign pushes greater message about Geelong
A NEW campaign spearheaded by Tourism Greater Geelong and the Bellarine (TGGB) is promoting the area as an experience greater than the sum of...
September 3, 2020
Falls Festival falls over, other events go virtual
THE Falls Festival in Lorne is the latest major event in the Geelong region to fall over because of the coronavirus pandemic this year,...
September 3, 2020
City moves towards waste reforms
RESIDENTS and businesses in the City of Greater Geelong will have a new, dedicated bin for glass within seven years as the council moves...
September 3, 2020
Clifton Springs pupils dive into science at home
BUDDING scientists from Clifton Springs Primary School were in action last month as part of National Science Week celebrations. The restrictions of remote learning were...
September 3, 2020
Regional Victoria to get its own coronavirus roadmap
PREMIER Dan Andrews will, this weekend, reveal the roadmap showing the way out of Victoria's coronavirus restrictions, and regional Victoria will have its own...
September 3, 2020
Free parking extension in CBD divides Geelong councillors
FREE parking will be extended across central Geelong until the end of this year, but the decision has divided the City of Greater Geelong’s...
September 3, 2020
Some NBN users shifted to satellite
THE rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) is officially over, but some internet users in the Geelong region are not getting the experience...
September 3, 2020
City to borrow $41 million for Civic Precinct
THE City of Greater Geelong council is pressing on with its plan to go further into debt to fund the construction of the Civic...
September 3, 2020
Car park upgrades begin at Waurn Ponds station
WORKS have begun on the first stage of the car park upgrade at Waurn Ponds station, which is part of the wider upgrade of...
September 3, 2020
City lays out plans for Geelong’s future shopping with Retail Strategy
THERE will need to be an extra 418,000 sqm of retail floor space in the City of Greater Geelong by 2036 to keep up...
September 3, 2020
Museum’s archives moved ahead of Queenscliffe Hub construction
VOLUNTEERS from the Queenscliffe Historical Museum (QHM) have started the huge task of transferring the museum’s archive down the hill to the Queenscliffe Maritime...
August 27, 2020
With distinction: Grants to enhance the Bellarine’s environment
THE state government has announced $770,000 in grants for environmental projects in support of the Bellarine Peninsula’s Distinctive Area and Landscape (DAL) process. The peninsula...
August 27, 2020
Paul Nigro to keep coaching Roos
ANGLESEA Football Club coach Paul Nigro has been locked in at Ellimatta Reserve for the next two years. Nigro took the Roos to the BFL...
August 27, 2020
Coker and Plibersek hear concerns about changes to university funding
UNIVERSITY students and those that are hoping to go from across the Geelong region have expressed their fears about the impact of the Coalition’s...
August 27, 2020
Colac Otway libraries want to check in to Geelong’s network
THE Geelong Regional Library Corporation (GRLC) will open a new chapter in its history if the Colac Otway Shire council’s plan to join it...
August 27, 2020
Want to run for council this year? Here’s how
THERE'S still three weeks until nominations open for the council elections in the Surf Coast Shire and City of Greater Geelong, but prospective candidates...
August 27, 2020
Barwon Heads Farm plans scaled back
THE proponents of a children's farm, restaurant and function centre in Connewarre have changed their plans for the site in response to community objections. The...
August 27, 2020
Local government elections to go ahead
THIS year's scheduled council elections will go ahead as planned, following confirmation from the state government. The Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) has since released its...
August 27, 2020
Great run to raise funds for Geelong Mums
LOCAL businessman and father Levi Turner will use his own two feet to travel the length of the Great Ocean Road later this year...
August 27, 2020
City agrees with recommended changes to growth plans
THE City of Greater Geelong council agrees with all changes recommended by an independent panel to its Settlement Strategy and the Northern and Western...
August 27, 2020
Work continues on plans for Grand Hotel
THE new team behind the plans to significantly upgrade the Grand Hotel in Portarlington are working behind the scenes to keep the hotel's renovation...
August 27, 2020
Andrews urges people to resist lockdown fatigue
VICTORIAN Premier Daniel Andrews has urged people to keep following the rules of the coronavirus lockdown, and said people doing the right things was...
August 27, 2020
Bunny Woods revegetated
POINT Lonsdale’s Bunny Woods are again looking their best, after the Borough of Queenscliffe completed its revegetation works last week. The section of dirt paths,...
August 26, 2020
Falls Festival cancelled for this year
THE Falls Festival has fallen over for this year, with organisers announcing the annual music festival will not be going ahead in Lorne and...
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