About: Angus Smith

CFA thanks its vital volunteers

THE CFA has celebrated and thanked its volunteers for National Volunteer Week, which concluded Sunday. The recognition comes after a challenging 2020 which saw Victorian...

Young gun reveals paddle power secret

WHEN 13-year-old Torquay local Jamie Flanagan went out on her paddle board last winter she didn’t realise it was the start of an epic...

Great Aussie Takeaway Festival

ANGLESEA locals have banded together to flip the script on Victoria’s fourth lockdown by launching a food festival with a difference. The Great Aussie Takeaway...

Life saving support for local clubs

BARWON Water has donated $10,000 to assist local Surf Life Saving Clubs to purchase much-needed equipment. Anglesea, Fairhaven, Bancoora and 13th Beach SLSCs each received...

School strike for climate

LOCAL school students will strike as part of their efforts to save the planet from the impacts of climate change. Hundreds of students from across...

Goannas arrive in Torquay

THE Goannas basketball team has arrived in Torquay as part of its rigorous training schedule in the lead-up to the Deaflympics in Brazil in...

Demand for local organic sourdough continues to rise

LOCKDOWN saw many people attempt to bake homemade organic sourdough with terabytes and petabytes of smartphone videos posted on Instagram and TikTok documenting the...

Local children’s author releases new book

LOCAL author Sally Learey has captured the essence of Geelong’s culture and community in a delightful new children’s picture book. Corio Bay Quest is Ms...

Suns and Tigers working together

THE Surf Coast Suns and Torquay Tigers have joined forces to create a new U15 team. The team known as the Torquay Suns will be...

A twilight league of their own

ANGLESEA Bowling Club and Great Ocean Properties’ Twilight League Bowls autumn competition has concluded with the champion’s medallion awarded to the team “Inadequates”, who...

Tuohy-rism campaign to kickstart local economy

WITH international borders still shut, and states fighting for a greater slice of domestic travel, Tourism Greater Geelong and The Bellarine have teamed up...

Torquay business makes AFR best places to work list

TORQUAY business WHR Allied Health has been named on the 2021 The Australian Financial Review BOSS Best Places to Work List. Managing director Brad Dent...

Geelong Racing Club back on track

THE Geelong Racing Club will return to business as usual next Friday after COVID and racetrack renovations interrupted operations. Chief executive Daniel Salter said there...

Victoria’s longest life saving season ends

VICTORIA’S life saving season has finally come to an end and Life Saving Victoria and its 57 volunteer life saving clubs have taken down...

Geelong Racing Club back on track

THE Geelong Racing Club will return to business as usual next Friday after COVID and racetrack renovations interrupted operations. Chief executive Daniel Salter said there...

Ocean Grove and Torquay take top honours at state champs

OCEAN Grove Surf Life Saving Club has been named ‘Overall Club Champion’ at the 2020/21 Life Saving Victoria State Championships. The winning club finished with...

Longboard titles moved to avoid whale carcass

A DECOMPOSING whale carcass has forced the Victorian Longboard Titles to abandon their plans to hold round 1 of the competition on Philip Island. Surfing...

Local talent to debut on national stage

THE biggest event in the surf life saving calendar gets under way this Friday on the Sunshine Coast. The Australian Surf Life Saving Championships,...

Local nurse travels to PNG to battle COVID outbreak

GREAT Ocean Road Health nurse unit manager, Jason Phieler, is heading to Papua New Guinea with the Australian Medical Assistance Team (AUSMAT) as a...

You can depend on Shaun to know the score

THERE are footy fanatics and then there is Shaun Jervies. “My brother's friends used to always message me and ask ‘who won the local footy?',”...

Whale snot or not? April Fools’ Day prank a little on the nose

“SOMEONE just won the lotto last night,” declared the social media post on the ‘rastasurfco’ Instagram page. The popular page for 13th Beach surf reports...

On ya bike, Type 1 Diabetes

SYDNEY cyclist Izaak Raaijimakers has whistled through Geelong and arrived in Torquay as part of his solo charity bike ride around Australia. Izaak completed Year...

Bells serves up an Easter treat for Bolt Blowers

ALTHOUGH the Rip Curl Pro did not take place at Bells Beach this Easter, a retro team-based charity surf comp meant that crowds were...

Local workwear label Ranger puts quality above all

Jess Cooper had the dream career. She started at the Rip Curl retail store in Torquay and worked her way up through the company,...