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
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 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 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
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 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 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
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...
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 16, 2025
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...
January 15, 2025
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...
January 14, 2025
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...
January 13, 2025
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...
January 13, 2025
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...
January 12, 2025
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...
January 12, 2025
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...
January 12, 2025
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...
January 12, 2025
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...
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