November 7, 2025
Committee for Lorne: Honouring our past
Honouring our past The Oxford English Dictionary defines ‘honour’ or ‘honor’ as signifying: ... Great respect, esteem, or reverence received,...
November 7, 2025
Your business is our business
AS A FORMER small business owner, I know just how daunting it can be to take that first leap into the private sector. Launching a...
October 31, 2025
Committee for Lorne: A Kiosk, a Counter, and a Craperie
A Kiosk, a Counter, and a Craperie History—it is such a simple, familiar, and profoundly human word … and a uniquely human concept. We all...
October 24, 2025
Committee for Lorne: Let’s Get Fire Ready – Together
Let’s Get Fire Ready – Together It’s hard to believe we’re heading into November already – and with those few warm days we've had, it’s...
October 17, 2025
Committee for Lorne: One Down, One to Go.
One Down, One to Go. GORCAPA has finally seen sense, listened to the Lorne community, and provided what should have been an easy solution from...
October 10, 2025
Committee for Lorne: Hand-made in Stone
Hand-made in Stone The human hand is an extraordinary and almost magical tool. I was reminded of this—yet again—as I watched some of our local...
October 10, 2025
A seat at the table
GEELONG is home to so many incredibly driven and dynamic women who are dedicated to making a positive impact in our community every day. In...
October 3, 2025
Committee for Lorne: Amy’s Great Ocean Road Gran Fondo
Amy’s Great Ocean Road Gran Fondo The world class event is set to showcase Lorne and the surrounds as the gem of the Great Ocean...
October 3, 2025
A seat at the table
IT'S TRULY inspiring to see our young people not just coping with the challenges of modern adolescence but actively thriving and making a positive...
September 26, 2025
Committee for Lorne: GORCAPA … Chained by its Creator
GORCAPA ... Chained by its Creator After GORCAPA released its latest iteration of the Point Grey UDF last week, it seems an appropriate moment for...
September 19, 2025
Committee for Lorne: Working Together to Prepare for the Coming Bushfire Season
Working Together to Prepare for the Coming Bushfire Season As we head into the busy season for Lorne and other Otway communities it’s a good...
September 19, 2025
Every person belongs
ONE of the strongest messages we can send as a community is that every person belongs. For this reason, I am immensely proud that the...
September 12, 2025
Committee for Lorne: GORCAPA Glimmers … Dare We Hope?
GORCAPA Glimmers ... Dare We Hope? On September 1st, 2025, GORCAPA released its ‘final and updated’ version of the Point Grey Urban Design Framework . ...
September 5, 2025
Committee for Lorne: The Slaughterhouse Site
The Slaughterhouse Site There is a substantial tract of land just beyond the limits of the Lorne township that has long been known as 'the...
August 22, 2025
Committee for Lorne: Lorne Historical Society Website – Quiz
Lorne Historical Society Website - Quiz The LHS has a stated aim to store, compile and publish historical records relating to the history of the...
August 22, 2025
Shape the future of sports and play
WE NEED your input to shape the future of sports and play at the planned Coastside Drive Recreation Reserve in Armstrong Creek. This reserve will...
August 15, 2025
Committee for Lorne: Potholes
Potholes Our elected state representatives seem more interested in making grandiose announcements—complete with...
August 15, 2025
Transparency, not hidden taxes
MANY Geelong residents received an unwelcome surprise as they opened their rates notices over the past fortnight. Included in their notice was state government's controversial...
August 8, 2025
Committee for Lorne: Sand ripples: How and why do they form?
Sand ripples: How and why do they form? There are moments when, pottering about on the Internet and searching for simple answers to complex questions,...
August 1, 2025
Committee for Lorne: Tourism: the good, the bad, and the increasingly ugly
Tourism: the good, the bad, and the increasingly ugly It seems that the world is drowning in tourists. Multi-page lift-outs promoting and extolling 'must-see-before-you-die' tourist...
August 1, 2025
Happy birthday, Biyal-a Armstrong Creek Library
TODAY marks a special milestone for one of Armstrong Creek's most loved places – the first birthday of Biyal-a Armstrong Creek Library. Since opening its...
July 25, 2025
Committee for Lorne: Bluey: an exquisite sky-blue crab
Bluey: an exquisite sky-blue crab To be honest, I have rarely found one so solitary, so perfectly formed—and so desperate to have its picture taken—than...
July 18, 2025
Committee for Lorne: The Pier: Lorne’s Once and Future King
The Pier: Lorne's Once and Future King On May 22 1877, - (Note: 1877) - 'our own correspondent' from the Geelong Advertiser wrote the following...
July 18, 2025
Reconnecting with nature
IN A PLACE growing as fast as Armstrong Creek, it can be easy to overlook the natural beauty surrounding us. Just beyond the construction zones,...
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