February 3, 2025
‘Vindicated’: Conservationists celebrate Spring Creek valley wildlife sightings
A RECENT Australian owlet-nightjar sighting in Spring Creek valley has conservationists celebrating the success of ongoing restoration works in the area, and the diversity...
February 3, 2025
Australia launches national autism strategy
The federal government has launched its first-ever national autism strategy, a seven-year plan aimed at improving support and life outcomes for the almost 300,000...
February 1, 2025
Instagram star brings classic cinema to life in Geelong
Local actor and award-winning filmmaker Cassidy Krygger will this year bring her love of classic cinema to audiences across the region with a series...
February 1, 2025
Community to walk, run, jog for dementia awareness
Runners, walkers and joggers across the region will lace up their shoes later this year to support the more than 5000 people living with...
January 31, 2025
Wildflower nature strip blooms in Torquay
TORQUAY locals James and Christina McKey have transformed the nature strip of their family home in Fischer Street into a delightfully unmanicured tangle of...
January 31, 2025
Explore Cadel Evans’s legacy at Geelong Sports Museum
WITH the five-day Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race cycling festival well underway, Geelong Sports Museum is offering local and visiting sports fans the...
January 31, 2025
Ratepayers invited to share views
THIS year's iteration of the local government Community Satisfaction Survey (CSS) will kick off today (Friday, January 31) and both resident and non-resident ratepayers...
January 30, 2025
The Script’s Glen Power misses Geelong tour date
DUBLIN four-piece The Script will make their A Day on the Green debut this weekend, but it will be without drummer Glen Power. In a...
January 29, 2025
Hobie Cats unite for 50th anniversary regatta
A FLEET of about 20 Hobie Catamarans will sail along the coast between Torquay and Anglesea this weekend for the 50th anniversary of the...
January 28, 2025
Priest reaches 300 games for Jan Juc
A JAN Juc Cricket Club legend marked an astonishing 300-game milestone last weekend when the club's B Grade team took on Barwon Heads in...
January 26, 2025
Aireys Inlet’s Craig Rayner honoured with AM
AIREYS Inlet’s Craig Rayner has today (Sunday, January 26) been appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in recognition of his...
January 25, 2025
Lions Club legacy: Specialist disability home honours community contribution
OCEAN Grove's newly constructed specialist disability home has been dedicated to the three former Lions Club of Ocean Grove Barwon Heads members whose passion...
January 24, 2025
Extreme fire danger: Surf Coast Shire announces service closures and changes
THE Country Fire Authority (CFA) has declared an extreme fire danger rating for Victoria’s south-west on Monday (January 27), as temperatures are expected to...
January 24, 2025
World-class cycling returns to the coast
THE Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race will mark 10 years since its inaugural race next week, when the world's best cyclists return to...
January 24, 2025
Lorne Cricket Club falls to Apollo Bay in tense showdown
LORNE Cricket Club has slipped from top spot on the Colac District Cricket Association ladder after a nail-biting defeat last weekend to Apollo Bay...
January 23, 2025
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...
January 22, 2025
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...
January 21, 2025
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...
January 21, 2025
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...
January 20, 2025
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...
January 19, 2025
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...
January 18, 2025
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...
January 17, 2025
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...
January 17, 2025
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...
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