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October 9, 2019
QMF organisers break through the glass ceiling in a festival first
Tickets to this year’s Queenscliff Music Festival have officially all flown out the door after months of well-received line-up announcements. With big name acts...
October 9, 2019
Falls announces official side shows
Secret Sounds has announced a string of official Falls Festival side shows, with three international acts in line to wow audiences at locations in...
October 9, 2019
Timeline of classics at the Potato Shed
Opera and ballroom will collide in a gracious performance titled From Broadway to Ballroom at the Potato Shed this month as part of the...
October 9, 2019
Region’s best grapes vie for spotlight
Wine Geelong will next week celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Geelong Wine Show, with the region’s best winemakers turning out to Waurn Ponds...
October 9, 2019
Local Steiner school putting on a big fair
Freshwater Creek Steiner School is gearing up to host its annual Spring Fair and Open Day this month. The fair is a fun, family-friendly day...
October 9, 2019
Kids embrace second Festival of Sport
FAMILIES from across the region gathered at Kardinia Park on Sunday for the second Festival of Sport. The free celebration saw people participate in the...
October 9, 2019
Spike in measles cases prompts call for vaccine checks
Measles cases in Australia have jumped by two thirds in the last 12 months, new data published by the Australian Department of Health has...
October 2, 2019
Students get ready for Walk to School program
VICTORIAN kids will ditch on-road transport and hit the pavement to either walk, ride or scoot to school this month as part of VicHealth’s...
October 2, 2019
A night in could save a life
Cancer Council Victoria is calling on women from across the Geelong region to rally their friends and host a “Girls’ Night In” event to...
October 2, 2019
Nat Young recalls days of worship in the waves
Although the sky is sealed with clouds rather than church bells, surfing royalty Nat Young views the ocean as a place of worship. His...
October 2, 2019
Podcaster Steph Sanzaro uses her voice as fuel for change
Vulnerability was once a concept so foreign to Steph Sanzaro that the idea of admitting her sincerest pain stirred an unbearable level of anxiety....
October 2, 2019
Torquay jazzman makes next move
Callum Watson’s highly successful Geelong Jazz Soirées will relocate to the historic Victorian Railway Institute Hall this month to deliver two upbeat performances. The...
October 2, 2019
Wave of change takes out Peebles Print Prize
Ocean Grove artist Joel Wolter has won this year’s Peebles Print Prize (PPP) presented by Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop.
Joel’s 2017 print “The Wave...
September 12, 2019
The Hive Gallery welcomes its first international artist
This month, The Hive Gallery in Ocean Grove is hosting its inaugural “Month of Sculpture” exhibition in a bid to showcase the region’s talented...
September 12, 2019
Humans in Geelong book launch draws a crowd
A 400-strong crowd piled into the Villawood Properties hangar on Sunday for the Humans in Geelong book launch. The 232-page book – which took...
September 12, 2019
Join the conversation at Art of the Minds
According to Beyond Blue, three million Australians are living with anxiety or depression, yet conversations about our population’s mental health often dodge the dinner...
September 12, 2019
From big waves to footy: 20 years of high-performance psychology
IN September 1999, Jan Juc psychologist Richy Bennett published his first article titled “Overcome your fear: Why surfing big waves is all mind games”...
September 12, 2019
Geelong series goes global
A Geelong-produced television series championing mental health will grace screens around the globe following its signing with an international network. Destination Happiness, the...
September 12, 2019
The Next Step is Geelong
A popular group of children’s entertainers will perform in Geelong this month as part of a 10-date Australian tour. The cast from hit Canadian television...
September 12, 2019
The truth about acne
WITH DIRECT CHEMIST OUTLET There are so many myths about acne that it’s hard to know who and what to believe. But what’s most...
September 12, 2019
Play School’s Justine Clarke heads for QMF
Hailed as Play School’s darling, Justine Clarke has been a household name for the better part of two decades. Having appeared in some of...
September 12, 2019
B.I.G news from the team at Little Creatures
LITTLE Creatures Brewery has announced its inaugural Born In Geelong (B.I.G) Festival which will launch at the premises this October. In what’s been described...
September 5, 2019
City backs local arts and culture association
THE City of Greater Geelong will continue to support Courthouse Youth Arts (CHYA) for the next four years, with the council committing to a...
September 5, 2019
This Girl Can drives positive change
This year’s This Girl Can campaign has seen almost 400,000 Victorian women get active, a figure that’s inspired VicHealth to seek more female ambassadors. This...
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