Surf Coast athletes reach new heights at basketball tournament
REPRESENTATIVES of the Surf Coast Basketball Association (SBA) participated last week in the prestigious Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup (ACJBC), a milestone which saw...
Healthcare system overhaul links local health services in formal network
THE Victorian Government has announced the final geographical groupings of the state's soon-to-be established Local Health Service Networks (LHSN), the centrepiece of a major...
Warning issued after Anglesea e-waste fire
A FIRE at the Anglesea Transfer Station last week has prompted warnings from local emergency services about the dangers of incorrectly disposing e-waste such...
Lookout Festival returns with stellar line-up
Jet, Grinspoon and The Veronicas are among the Australian rock titans headed to Torquay in March for an electrifying one-day festival event. Hot off the...
Shire to replace Spring Creek “pallet bridge” with official crossing
THE Surf Coast Shire has announced it will replace the well-known "pallet bridge" over Spring Creek with a new pedestrian footbridge. Planning to construct the...
Experts urge community to protect their skin
Hundreds of Victorians are still presenting to hospital emergency departments with severe sunburn each year, with the majority of these visits occurring in January. New...
Historic promotion for Surf Coast FC junior girls
THE Surf Coast Football Club is celebrating the historic promotion of its junior girls to the Victorian Community Premier League (CPL) for the coming...
Billy Elliot hits the stage in Geelong
THE multi-award-winning stage production Billy Elliot will begin its 13-show run tonight (Friday, January 17), bringing the coming-of-age story to Geelong audiences for the...
Burns vaults to victory at Landy Field athletic meet
A BELLARINE Athletics Club pole vaulter took the region's only win at the Surf Coast Classic earlier this month, as athletes from across the...
Tones and I brings pop-up show to Torquay
Australian singer-songwriter Tones and I will stop by the Torquay Hotel next week for an all-ages acoustic show as part of her We Want...
Swimming to make a difference
Swimmers across the region are preparing to hit their local beaches and lap pools next month to raise funds for the 130,000 seriously ill...
Classic cars to cruise Torquay
THE annual Torquay Motor Show will make its return next month, with up to 400 cars and bikes set to descend on Elephant Walk. Thousands...
Anglesea, Torquay to face off in first Anzac Day clash
SURF Coast rivals Torquay and Anglesea are set for an epic Grand Final rematch this season, when they meet at Ellimatta Reserve in Round...
Hoodie heartbreak as Aireys Inlet chicks lost in suspected nankeen kestrel attack
THE successful hatching of three hooded plover chicks in Aireys Inlet has ended in heartbreak, after they were last week lost in a suspected...
Think before you flush, urges new campaign
REDUCING the amount of cotton buds, condoms and other non-flushable items making their way into the region's sewer system is the focus of a...
Regional roads account for majority of fatalities in 2024
VICTORIA Police has committed to drive down road trauma through 2025, after provisional figures released last week revealed another devastating year on the state's...
Sip, savour, and soak up the sunshine at Geelong Beer Festival
More than 6,000 people are expected to raise their glasses at Johnstone Park next weekend for a summer celebration featuring a world-class line-up of...
GRID Series to empower Geelong’s next music stars
The GRID Series artist development initiative has begun in Geelong for a second year, with a new cohort of talented local artists selected to...
Victorian government hails successful first pill testing event
THE state government has labelled the beginning of its pill testing trial a success, after preliminary data showed almost 40 per cent of festivalgoers...
Lights, camera, mango: Inaugural Anglesea film festival launched
THE Anglesea Movie Club is calling on young creatives and budding filmmakers to take part in its inaugural short film festival, with applications set...
Waddle on! Anglesea’s sand penguin parade is back
A WADDLE of penguins will nest in Anglesea later this month when the annual sand penguin parade returns for a fourth year. Kids and families,...
Rebranded Geelong Foodshare tackles food insecurity across the region
FOR Geelong Foodshare, creating social change is more than just a tagline. It's an ethos that sits at the very core of everything the food...
Geelong Rainbow Festival seeks performers and volunteers
THE annual Geelong Rainbow Festival will return to Johnstone Park in February and its dedicated team of organisers is seeking volunteers, performers, food vendors...
Redrawn electorates see Corio, Wannon grow, Corangamite shrink
THE Corangamite electorate has shrunk again in size while the seats of Corio and Wannon have expanded slightly, ahead of the next Australian federal...