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November 28, 2019
Jack Rabbit wins top Golden Plate award
JACK Rabbit Vineyard has won the prestigious Golden Plate at the Victorian Golden Plate Awards. The top Golden Plate award goes to the best overall...
November 28, 2019
Geelong communications company wins national award
A GEELONG strategic communications company's highly successful campaign has won the renowned Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA) national award.
McCo Group was given the...
November 28, 2019
Donate food to pay off your library fine
THE Geelong Regional Library Corporation (GRLC) is now allowing people to erase their library fines with food donations.
The Food for Fines appeal, running until...
November 28, 2019
Giving Tree Appeal launches
THE bay 93.9 Bethany Giving Tree Appeal is now under way for its 19th year.
The appeal encourages people and businesses to leave unwrapped gifts...
November 28, 2019
Want to help out at Christmas? It’s in the bag
A CHARITY organisation is asking people to help women who are experiencing homelessness, sleeping rough, or seeking refuge in domestic violence shelters.
Share the Dignity...
November 28, 2019
Geelong Heritage Centre celebrates milestone
THE Geelong Heritage Centre recently celebrated 40 years since the original Geelong Historical Records Centre opened to the public.
The centre was relocated to the...
November 28, 2019
Town by town snapshot: Lorne
Town Profile: Lorne The size of the Lorne district is approximately 104.7 square kilometres with the population of Lorne recorded at 1,393 people in 2011...
November 28, 2019
Cheeseman questions suspect surveys
A MYSTERIOUS person or persons has commissioned a phone survey of Torquay residents aimed at swaying opinions towards supporting development in the Spring Creek...
November 28, 2019
Protestors keep paddling against Equinor plan
SATURDAY saw hundreds of protestors again gather at Cosy Corner to show their opposition to Equinor’s planned oil drilling in the Great Australian Bight. The...
November 21, 2019
Shire prepares for Schoolies
THE SURF Coast Shire is again joining this year's Good Times Great Breaks program ahead of Schoolies celebrations, which are set to start in...
November 21, 2019
Hodge’s portrait presented
TORQUAY artist Jacki Burke has presented Surf Coast Shire mayor Rose Hodge with the portrait that she painted of her at the Art of...
November 21, 2019
The hero’s journey
Few would see a correlation between taekwondo and writing, but Torquay's Alistair Lawson has used his life experience of learning and teaching martial arts...
November 21, 2019
Active Club Grants open for applications
VICHEALTH'S Active Club Grants are now open to applications, with some Surf Coast sporting clubs recently receiving funding in Round 1 of the 2019-20...
November 21, 2019
Local talents shine at Grom Comp
LOCAL junior surfing talent thrived in the Woolworths Surfer Grom Comp, held at Torquay Surf Beach over the weekend.
The event saw surfers compete in...
November 21, 2019
More sand to stablise Apollo Bay and Marengo beaches
UP TO 10,000 cubic metres of sand is set to be transported to Apollo Bay and Marengo to help stabilise their coastal foreshores.
This serves...
November 21, 2019
Taekwondo students kick on
TORQUAY-based Endurance Taekwondo recently saw several of its junior trainees compete in the Victorian Taekwondo Inter Club Competition.
The tournament is one of the biggest...
November 21, 2019
Support bubbles up for Great Victorian Bathing Trail
TWO major groups have recently endorsed a blueprint for a Victorian hot springs and bathing strategy that includes a proposed facility near the 12...
November 21, 2019
Women’s T20 season starts with nail-biter
THE inaugural GCA Women's T20 got under way on the weekend.
Torquay Black started their season with a thrilling win over East Belmont Deb, chasing...
November 21, 2019
Extra Saturday train service to Melbourne added
A SERIES of changes will give residents in and around Geelong more public transport options.
An extra train service taking Geelong passengers to Melbourne has...
November 21, 2019
Cricket round-up: Pickering’s doublecentury floors Portarlington
ROUND six in the BPCA marked the transition from one-day to two-day matches, with teams adapting to the longer format with differing success.
Few made...
November 21, 2019
Agnes Emma-Nnopu signs for Supercats
OCEAN Grove's Agnes Emma-Nnopu has been signed by the Luina Bio Geelong Supercats for the coming Women's NBL1 season.
Despite only being 18 years old,...
November 21, 2019
Zero is the new housing hero
Zero-emissions sustainable housing is poised to enter the mainstream property market, a cutting-edge sustainability seminar heard at Mount Duneed last week. Negative power bills, fully...
November 21, 2019
Town by town snapshot: Drysdale
Town Profile: Drysdale The size of Drysdale is approximately 40.1 square kilometres and has 8 parks covering nearly 1.6 per cent of total area. The population...
November 21, 2019
TP52s to race alone at Festival of Sails
The Festival of Sails recently announced that their 2020 regatta will have the Transpac (TP) 52 yachts in their own division and start line.
The...
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