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March 12, 2020

Oh, mighty Scotland

This Sunday’s Geelong Highland Gathering is being held at Osborne Park in North Geelong, with Scottish paraphernalia set to entrance visitors throughout the day....

March 12, 2020

Spotlighting endometriosis at GMHBA

Tomorrow’s AFLW clash between Geelong and North Melbourne at GMHBA Stadium will be more than a game of football, with the Cats rallying around...

March 12, 2020

Bird watching with The Passerby

There are many talented photographers on the Surf Coast, but Shaun from The Passerby was one who caught our eye on social media last...

March 12, 2020

Run free with GRC

Less than a third of Australians are getting enough physical activity to benefit their health, but a local free health initiative is playing its...

March 12, 2020

Donating the gift of life

New data released by the Organ and Tissue Authority revealed more than 1,600 Australian lives were saved last year thanks to organ transplants from...

March 12, 2020

A life-changing partnership

OCEAN Grove-based club Surfside Waves Soccer Club (SWSC) recently partnered with LifeChanger Foundation to help foster safe and resilient communities. With members from five to...

March 5, 2020

Aussie pool team shows its heart

A GENEROUS community of Australian pool builders have banded together to raise thousands of dollars for the bushfire volunteers who battled the country’s devastating...

March 5, 2020

Surf Coast Arts Trail to return

ARTISTS from the region are encouraged to register for this year’s Surf Coast Arts Trail, to be held on August 8 and 9. Entering...

March 5, 2020

Anglesea hosts first Camp TANGO of 2020

CHILDREN and young adults with a lived experience of injury or trauma participated in a recovery camp in Anglesea last month, with zip lining,...

March 5, 2020

Cups for a cure: A Newtown mum’s admirable mission

In times of uncertainty, pedalling forward is less taxing than facing what’s really going on. Twenty years ago, Leah Alstin sought refuge in ignoring her...

March 5, 2020

Building towards a gender equal world

WOMEN and their valuable contributions to society will be acknowledged at events across the shire next month for International Women’s Day (IWD). The Surf Coast...

March 5, 2020

Fill these tanks and learn to brew

“Local supporting local” was the catalyst for Blackman’s Brewery and Bird Rock to join forces and create a new beer that celebrates their union....

March 5, 2020

A sunny beach day for all at Ocean Grove

MORE than 240 Disabled Surfers Association (DSA) Ocean Grove volunteers took to the town’s main beach on Sunday to guide surfers of all abilities...

March 5, 2020

City proposes big social housing build

VULNERABLE people who need social housing in the Geelong region will have greater access following the City of Greater Geelong council's decision to endorse...

March 5, 2020

Family fun at Studio 4

An interactive musical workshop created by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is being performed across three sessions this Saturday at the Geelong Arts Centre. Designed for...

March 5, 2020

Pako comes alive with world cultures

THE traditions of Geelong’s increasingly diverse multicultural community were paraded down Pakington Street on Saturday for the 38th annual Pako Festa. Every year since its...

March 5, 2020

Musical thunder to roll into Geelong

The acclaimed Australian concert drama Rolling Thunder Vietnam – Songs That Defined A Generation is making its return to stage, stopping off at the...

February 27, 2020

Autumn planned burning to start in the Otway District

WITH stable weather conditions on the horizon, Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic) is preparing to begin autumn planned burning...

February 27, 2020

Program to promote better financial inclusion across Geelong

IN AN AUSTRALIAN first, 10 Geelong businesses and organisations have banded together to launch a city-wide plan to combat growing financial hardship. With about 40,000...

February 27, 2020

Dose of weekly summer market fun ends

AN ESTIMATED 20,000 people flocked to the weekly summer instalments of the Aireys Inlet Market between December and February for its busiest season yet....

February 27, 2020

Ladies, the council needs you

WOMEN interested in running for council this October are encouraged to join Ruth McGowan when she hosts “How to get elected” this Saturday (February...

February 27, 2020

Get ready for Kingswood

Making music for an album is no mean feat, especially when prized instruments and recordings are stolen from your studio during the process. Melbourne rock...

February 27, 2020

Into the darkness: local publishes debut horror book

Clifton Springs father Mark Towse remembers holding his first library card. Overjoyed by the simplest of pre-teen acquisitions, the young boy from Yorkshire discovered...

February 27, 2020

Busking their way to victory

THE stage at Little Malop Central played host to some of the region’s finest up and coming performers on Friday last week for the...