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About: rebeccaadam

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Rebecca Adam covers issues facing the people and places of the Bellarine. She began her journalism career as a reporter at the Colac Herald. Being a Geelong girl at heart, after a year there, she returned home to work for the Geelong News, and then the Geelong Advertiser as a sub-editor for the daily paper and GT Magazine. Following this, she took on a sub-editing role at the Ocean Grove Voice, before becoming editor of Kids’ Voice magazine. Rebecca has worked for the Bellarine Times for five years and enjoys the variety of stories and photos she writes and captures for the weekly publication. Rebecca lives in Leopold and has two beautiful kids. She attends many events on Geelong’s social calendar.

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November 15, 2017

The mussel festival needs you

PLANNING is well under way for next year’s Portarlington Mussel Festival and organisers are on the search for more volunteers. The festival, which will take...

November 15, 2017

Queenscliff batonbearers to be a part of history

QUEENSCLIFF’S George Abel and Suzanne Winton have been selected to carry the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) Queen’s Baton as it makes its...

November 14, 2017

Community means happiness for Margaret

BARWON Heads’ Margaret Griffith believes people never retire, they just change direction. The grandmother of six was last week awarded a Council on the Aging...

November 8, 2017

Port couple’s garden set to inspire during trail

A PORTARLINGTON couple meeting the challenges of gardening in a small space will open their property to the public next weekend. Diane and Rob Kolomeitz’s...

November 8, 2017

Show’s ready to go

“COUNTRY charm meets city excitement” is the catch cry for this year’s Geelong Show which promises to be a fantastic day out for all. Kids...

November 7, 2017

Park set to turn pink this weekend

STEP into Life Ocean Grove will turn the park pink this weekend to help support the McGrath Foundation. A Pink Super Session Day will be...

November 7, 2017

Bellarine candidates meet the locals

WITH voting packs for the City of Greater Geelong’s coming election in the mail this week, things are hotting up for the 13 candidates...

November 7, 2017

Meet your Bellarine candidates

THE field of candidates is set, and voters should check the mail for their ballot packs for the City of Greater Geelong elections from...

November 7, 2017

TUMBLE TURN

QUEENSCLIFF local Liam Petrie-Allbutt and world championship swimmer Sam Sheppard have teamed up to breathe new life into the historic Queenscliff Blue Water Challenge...

November 1, 2017

Chopper crews in training before busy season

VOLUNTEERS working onboard the Westpac Life Saver Rescue helicopter have been undertaking some training in the lead up to the busy summer season. Lifesaving operations...

November 1, 2017

Australia’s biggest bike ride to hit the Bellarine

THOUSANDS of bike riders will pass through Geelong and the Bellarine on Sunday for the 25th birthday of Australia’s biggest bike ride - Bicycle...

October 31, 2017

Mental health the mane focus of music festival

THE Lions Club of Leopold will help run a music festival next weekend that raises money and awareness to combat the rising rate of...

October 31, 2017

Tradies breakfast supports mental health message

TRADIES on the Bellarine are being invited to breakfast to promote awareness of mental health issues amongst young men as part of Mental Health...

October 31, 2017

Portarlington parkrun kicks off this weekend

ORGANISERS are expecting more than 200 people to take part in the inaugural Portarlington parkrun this weekend. The free, weekly, five-kilometre timed run will begin...

October 31, 2017

Family and friends celebrate Stud’s 100th birthday

STUDLEY “Stud” Cornes loved inventing things when he was younger. Speaking at their dad’s 100th birthday party at the weekend, sons Kym, Graham and Wayne...

October 31, 2017

Port pool open to another lease on life

THE future of the Portarlington swimming pool has again been placed back into the hands of the community after its doors officially shut in...

October 31, 2017

SEWN UP

KELLY Herbert jokes that she had a back-up plan if her beloved Tigers didn’t win the flag at the weekend after she got a...

October 20, 2017

BB strategy aims to achieve financial sustainability

BELLARINE Bayside has been working on a strategy to guide its accommodation and camping business. The strategy is a critical piece of work for the...

October 20, 2017

Heroes inspire Harriet

FIREFIGHTERS who worked hard to control the aftermath of an explosion at Mortimer Petroleum in Drysdale were the inspiration behind a costume Harriet Robertson...

October 20, 2017

OGCC urges locals to apply for grants

OCEAN Grove Connected Communities (OGCC) is urging local groups and organisations to put up their hands for its next round of grants. OGCC has injected...

October 20, 2017

Neighbourhood Centre set for first relay

“RELAY For Life is all about us as a community coming together to support such a worthwhile cause”, Kim Kosta from Ocean Grove Neighbourhood...

October 20, 2017

From scraps to quilts for charity

THE Bellarine Sewing Centre is giving back to the community by making 100 quilts in 100 days. During the past 27 years, centre part-owner Zoe...

October 20, 2017

Hooded plovers breeding season begins

IT’S that time of year when the beaches along the Bellarine coastline become a crèche for the rare and threatened hooded plover as the...

October 19, 2017

Queenscliff funding comes with cabin condition

THE State Government will fund $2.69 million for the Destination Queenscliff project on the condition highly contentious eco cabins are not built at Shortland’s...