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Happy Hour to celebrate ferries return

PORT Phillip Ferries will celebrate the return of Portarlington and Geelong to Docklands services, with two Happy Hour Cruises around the Bay for Geelong...

Exposure sites update – October 28

QUEENSCLIFF Visitor Information Centre has been identified as a Tier one COVID-19 exposure site on October 20 between 12.50pm and 5.30pm. Anyone who attended the...

BT digital edition, 28 October

MCH digital edition, 28 October

Memorial to support grieving families

GEELONG's first Pregnancy And Infant Loss Memorial Garden has opened at Geelong Memorial Park this month, to help local families through their grieving process. The...

Exposure sites update – October 25

NEW COVID-19 exposure sites at Torquay, Drysdale and Geelong have been added to the list, including Geelong Magistrates’ Court. 9grams Torquay was an exposure site...

Melbourne to reunite with Vic regions

MELBURNIANS will be able to enter regional Victoria before next weekend as part of further eased COVID-19 restrictions when the state hits its eighty...

Beach Street viewing platform under consideration

PLANS to demolish a house overlooking the Queenscliff harbour and build a larger, single-storey home with a concealed viewing platform are under consideration. The planning...

Sustainable savings for small business

SMALL businesses across the Geelong region could benefit from major energy cost savings with a new state government program unveiled today. The Small Business Energy...

Victoria records 1750 cases, nine deaths

VICTORIA has added a further one-thousand-seven-hundred-and-fifty new infections to its COVID-19 caseload, all but two of them locally-acquired. The state has also recorded nine more...

Exposure sites update – October 23

THE Geelong Magistrates’ Court, and an early learning centre are among the latest exposure sites for the region. Goodstart Early Learning Drysdale, at 86-90 Barrands...

Roundabout to slow speeding drivers

A TEMPORARY roundabout will be installed at the intersection of Kirk and Winterley roads in Point Lonsdale in response to community concerns about speeding...

BT digital edition, 21 October

MCH digital edition, 21 October

Authorities firm on hospitality vax mandate

VICTORIAN authorities are standing by a mandate for hospitality workers to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before Melbourne's pubs, cafes and restaurants reopen, despite...

Regional waste-to-energy project progresses

AN INNOVATIVE initiative to turn the Geelong region’s food, garden and commercial organic waste into electricity and nutrients for farms while also creating jobs...

‘Typo’ in Vic rules vexes entertainment

MELBOURNE entertainment venues won't be able to open to fully vaccinated patrons indoors when lockdown ends, because a COVID-19 rule change contained a "typo". When...

Charity and steak house added to list

FEED Me Bellarine’s warehouses in Ocean Grove and Newtown have been added to the exposure list at various times between October 7 and 14. GMHBA...

Street art to celebrate women

GEELONG'S laneways will be the destination to celebrate International Women's Day and the talents of local female artists next year. The City of Greater Geelong...

Victoria ends lockdown five days early

VICTORIA will end its sixth long-running lockdown five days earlier than planned, as the state races to its seventy per cent fully vaccinated target. Premier...

Exposure sites – October 16

THE Department of Health and Human Services has listed The Squires Loft and Yeah Boy in Geelong West as a Tier 1 exposure site. Anyone...

COVID-positive 15yo among seven deaths

A COVID-positive teenage girl with other health conditions has become the youngest Victorian to die during the current outbreak. The state’s COVID-19 commander Jeroen Weimar...

Urgent sea wall repairs to start

URGENT work is being planned to repair a section of the sea wall on the Point Lonsdale foreshore, following a routine inspection identified damage...

Geelong pub and Torquay cafe added to list

A GEELONG clinical lab, swimming pool and hotel, and Torquay cafe are among the COVID-19 exposure sites added to the health department’s list in...