	{"id":116375,"date":"2025-06-22T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=116375"},"modified":"2025-06-24T10:30:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T00:30:06","slug":"geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Geelong Sports Museum celebrates first birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GEELONG Sports Museum has reached its first birthday, and invited some of the Geelong United women\u2019s basketball team and students from St Robert\u2019s Primary School to help mark the occasion on Friday last week. St Robert\u2019s Primary School was the lucky winner of a competition between local schools, which were asked why they would like to join the celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>On the day, there was some fierce competition between the athletes and students on the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelong-sports-museum-now-in-play\/\">interactive museum experiences<\/a>. Jaz Shelley and Taylor Mole from Geelong United won the sports quiz, but the students were clearly the best at commentating a football match.<\/p>\n<p>The museum is part of the $140 million <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/state-celebrates-completion-of-gmhba-stadium\/\">Stage\u202f5 redevelopment<\/a> of GMHBA Stadium, delivered by the Kardinia Park Stadium Trust in partnership with the Victorian government.<\/p>\n<p>The St Robert\u2019s Primary School students also took part in a basketball shooting clinic at the neighbouring <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/explore-cadel-evanss-legacy-at-geelong-sports-museum\/\">Djilang Plaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to celebrate our first birthday with a local school because the museum is more than a celebration of local sport stories and heroes,\u201d Kardinia Park Stadium Trust chief executive officer Gerard Griffin said. \u201cIt\u2019s also a place where we can look forward and inspire the next generation of stars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shelley and Mole also ran a basketball shooting clinic with the students in Djilang Plaza next to to the museum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re so pleased to be a part of this milestone,\u201d Geelong United chief executive officer Mark Neeld said. \u201cLong term, we are looking to be a big part of Geelong\u2019s sporting history with our WNBL team, and moments like this \u2013 celebrating the museum with the students of St Roberts, are a key part of moving us forward into the future of the Geelong sporting landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students from St Robert\u2019s Primary School try out one of the museum\u2019s exhibits.<\/p>\n<p>Museum manager Jessica Reid is excited about the educational offerings at the Museum:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince opening, we\u2019ve had a great response from local schools with many primary and secondary schools visiting in our first year,\u201d she said. \u201cTeachers have made use of the suite of learning resources we have available including lesson plans and learning trails that have links to the Victorian curriculum. We are proud to cover learning areas including First Nations stories, Innovation, Resilience, and Health and Wellbeing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Geelong Sports Museum is open Wednesday to Friday, from 10am until 4.30pm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s some really great storytelling through interactive as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information, head to <a href=\"http:\/\/geelongsportsmuseum.com.au\">geelongsportsmuseum.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GEELONG Sports Museum has reached its first birthday, and invited some of the Geelong United women\u2019s basketball team and students from St Robert\u2019s Primary School to help mark the occasion on Friday last week. St Robert\u2019s Primary School was the lucky winner of a competition between local schools, which were asked why they would like [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":116376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-116375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Geelong Sports Museum celebrates first birthday - Geelong Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Geelong Sports Museum celebrates its first birthday with students and athletes, inspiring the next generation of stars.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Geelong Sports Museum celebrates first birthday - Geelong Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Geelong Sports Museum celebrates its first birthday with students and athletes, inspiring the next generation of stars.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Geelong Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"jamespetertaylor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-21T18:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-24T00:30:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-27-1.jpg?_t=1750725006\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"James Taylor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@notthatjt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"James Taylor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"James Taylor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2655215c02475fb33ffa43a1c8fe2677\"},\"headline\":\"Geelong Sports Museum celebrates first birthday\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-21T18:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-24T00:30:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":419,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/21\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/Untitled-design-27-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\\\/\",\"name\":\"Geelong Sports Museum celebrates first birthday - Geelong Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/21\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/Untitled-design-27-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-21T18:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-24T00:30:06+00:00\",\"description\":\"Geelong Sports Museum celebrates its first birthday with students and athletes, inspiring the next generation of stars.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/21\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/Untitled-design-27-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/21\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/Untitled-design-27-1.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Some of the attendees at Geelong Sports Museum's first birthday celebration. Photos: SUPPLIED. RIGHT: The St Robert's Primary School students also took part in a basketball shooting clinic at the neighbouring Djilang Plaza.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Geelong Sports Museum celebrates first birthday\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/\",\"name\":\"Geelong Times\",\"description\":\"Free local news\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Geelong Times\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/21\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/times_logo_1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/21\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/times_logo_1.png\",\"width\":248,\"height\":37,\"caption\":\"Geelong Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2655215c02475fb33ffa43a1c8fe2677\",\"name\":\"James Taylor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4ceb72a20a2941ff28326fc7c1d56a74ecb6e6ac1d9b5a50749c0314e0b11d5a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4ceb72a20a2941ff28326fc7c1d56a74ecb6e6ac1d9b5a50749c0314e0b11d5a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4ceb72a20a2941ff28326fc7c1d56a74ecb6e6ac1d9b5a50749c0314e0b11d5a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"James Taylor\"},\"description\":\"James\u2019 first job in journalism was at the Bendigo Advertiser, where he held a number of roles, including reporter, sub-editor and arts and features writer. He has also worked for several publications at Fairfax, including the Knox Weekly, Casey Weekly and Pakenham Weekly, and in the UK with the Berkshire Media Group. Raised in Geelong, James has been back in his hometown since 2011 and now lives in Waurn Ponds. Outside of journalism, James divides his time between barracking for the Cats, chasing his two-year-old daughter around, and posting on Twitter (@notthatjt).\",\"sameAs\":[\"jamespetertaylor\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/@notthatjt\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/author\\\/jamestaylor\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Geelong Sports Museum celebrates first birthday - Geelong Times","description":"Geelong Sports Museum celebrates its first birthday with students and athletes, inspiring the next generation of stars.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Geelong Sports Museum celebrates first birthday - Geelong Times","og_description":"Geelong Sports Museum celebrates its first birthday with students and athletes, inspiring the next generation of stars.","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\/","og_site_name":"Geelong Times","article_author":"jamespetertaylor","article_published_time":"2025-06-21T18:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-24T00:30:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-27-1.jpg?_t=1750725006","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"James Taylor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@notthatjt","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"James Taylor","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\/"},"author":{"name":"James Taylor","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/#\/schema\/person\/2655215c02475fb33ffa43a1c8fe2677"},"headline":"Geelong Sports Museum celebrates first birthday","datePublished":"2025-06-21T18:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-24T00:30:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\/"},"wordCount":419,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-27-1.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\/","name":"Geelong Sports Museum celebrates first birthday - Geelong Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-27-1.jpg","datePublished":"2025-06-21T18:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-24T00:30:06+00:00","description":"Geelong Sports Museum celebrates its first birthday with students and athletes, inspiring the next generation of stars.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-27-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-27-1.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"Some of the attendees at Geelong Sports Museum's first birthday celebration. Photos: SUPPLIED. RIGHT: The St Robert's Primary School students also took part in a basketball shooting clinic at the neighbouring Djilang Plaza."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelong-sports-museum-celebrates-first-birthday\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Geelong Sports Museum celebrates first birthday"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/","name":"Geelong Times","description":"Free local news","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/#organization","name":"Geelong Times","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/09\/times_logo_1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/09\/times_logo_1.png","width":248,"height":37,"caption":"Geelong Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/#\/schema\/person\/2655215c02475fb33ffa43a1c8fe2677","name":"James Taylor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4ceb72a20a2941ff28326fc7c1d56a74ecb6e6ac1d9b5a50749c0314e0b11d5a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4ceb72a20a2941ff28326fc7c1d56a74ecb6e6ac1d9b5a50749c0314e0b11d5a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4ceb72a20a2941ff28326fc7c1d56a74ecb6e6ac1d9b5a50749c0314e0b11d5a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"James Taylor"},"description":"James\u2019 first job in journalism was at the Bendigo Advertiser, where he held a number of roles, including reporter, sub-editor and arts and features writer. He has also worked for several publications at Fairfax, including the Knox Weekly, Casey Weekly and Pakenham Weekly, and in the UK with the Berkshire Media Group. Raised in Geelong, James has been back in his hometown since 2011 and now lives in Waurn Ponds. Outside of journalism, James divides his time between barracking for the Cats, chasing his two-year-old daughter around, and posting on Twitter (@notthatjt).","sameAs":["jamespetertaylor","https:\/\/x.com\/@notthatjt"],"url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/author\/jamestaylor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116375"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=116375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}