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March 4, 2022
Foo Fighters gig bumps Nitro Circus
FANS of high-flying daredevil action will have to wait a little longer to see it in Geelong. At the request of the Kardinia Park Stadium...
March 3, 2022
Pako Festa has a fantastic 40th
THE Pako Festa relocated to a new location on Saturday to celebrate its 40th birthday but had plenty of the usual highlights of colour,...
March 2, 2022
Aboriginal health experts gather in Torquay
REPRESENTATIVES from Victoria’s peak body for the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal people gathered in Torquay for their first in-person meeting in two years. The...
March 2, 2022
On the trail: Bike track a highlight of Warralily’s new park
ARMSTRONG Creek’s newest playground includes a downhill mountain bike trail, which is designed with varying challenges to cater for novices through to advanced riders. Only...
March 1, 2022
Barwon Soccer Club scores new changerooms
THE Barwon Soccer Club now has more room to grow thanks to the completion of a gender-neutral changeroom at their home ground at Grovedale...
February 28, 2022
Report recommends LGBTQIA+ Safe Space for Geelong
SAFE spaces for LGBTQIA+ youth should be trialled in Geelong and Ballarat, according to a taskforce that has handed its report to the Victorian...
February 27, 2022
Vouchers help students get back to school
STUDENTS and families in Geelong, Winchelsea, Torquay and Meredith are among those starting the 2022 school year with a little extra support. This is thanks...
February 26, 2022
Here comes the Convoy for Camp Quality
CAMP Quality’s Geelong Convoy will return to the city this Sunday, February 27, to bring the community together over a love of trucks and...
February 26, 2022
Still Here, Now exhibition closes
The Still Here, Now exhibition has wrapped up at Geelong's Platform Arts with a night of music and performance. The First Nations-curated exhibition, which opened...
February 24, 2022
A centre for all: Wathaurong Co-op appoints architect for redevelopment
THE Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative says its new home in North Geelong will be a hub for the community as well as bringing all of...
February 23, 2022
Times like these: Foo Fighters to rock Geelong
ROCK & Roll Hall Of Famer band Foo Fighters will return to Australia in just over a week, with a history-making performance at Geelong’s...
February 23, 2022
Urquhart Bluff hosts Koori Surf Titles
MORE than 50 Indigenous surfers from across the state gathered at Urquhart Bluff for this year’s Woorrangalook Victorian Koori Surf Titles. Held earlier this month,...
February 22, 2022
Mask, working from home rules to ease
Victoria is easing indoor mask-wearing and working from home rules and bringing back elective surgery under changes to COVID-19 pandemic health orders. The changes, including...
February 22, 2022
Katos calls out Labor on Armstrong Creek fire station
ARMSTRONG Creek will not have a fire station for at least 14 months, and Liberal candidate for South Barwon Andrew Katos said Labor not...
February 22, 2022
New Avalon CEO should lock in rail line
JUSTIN Giddings is departing Avalon Airport but will remain in aviation as the new chief executive officer of the AMDA Foundation. Mr Giddings, who announced...
February 21, 2022
Visit a garden of hope at Pako Festa
PAKO Festa will mark its 40th anniversary later this month, and visitors to the event are invited to see what’s grown from the collective...
February 20, 2022
New contractor wins Meals on Wheels tender
MORE than 1,000 meals a week are being delivered to senior residents and people with disabilities and their carers across the City of Greater...
February 18, 2022
Grant to help green Geelong’s growth areas
THE City of Greater Geelong will use a pair of state government grants to make two of its major growth areas more environmentally sustainable. The...
February 17, 2022
Crowded House add Geelong to national tour
MUSIC legends Crowded house have just announced new dates and locations for their Australian Dreamers Are Waiting Tour later this year, including A Day...
February 17, 2022
Plug it in: Ford factory could be key to national electric vehicle manufacturing
GEELONG’S former Ford factory could play a vital role in restarting Australia’s car manufacturing industry with electric vehicles (EVs), according to the author of...
February 17, 2022
Jeff Sykes opens his rowing centre
ROWING Geelong has celebrated the completion of its new community-funded rowing centre, with the facility’s namesake on hand to officially open it on Friday...
February 15, 2022
New provider appointed for headspace Geelong
A NEW youth mental health provider has been appointed to operate headspace Geelong following an extensive tender process run by Western Victoria Primary Health...
February 14, 2022
Survey reveals lax attitude to bushfire warnings
MORE than half of all Victorians living in areas at high risk of bushfire believe they will definitely get an official warning if threatened...
February 13, 2022
Papadatos, Green triumph at Vic Open
HANNAH Green obliterated the field to win the Vic Open women's championship today (Sunday, February 13) for her first big triumph on home soil...
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