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September 12, 2025

Two local Vic Country players selected for Futures Girls showcase

A PAIR of local footballers will feature in this weekend’s Marsh AFL National Futures Girls showcase match. St Mary’s Ava Bilyk and Torquay’s Greea...

September 11, 2025

Local charity urgently seeks volunteers

LOCAL food charity Feed Me is urgently seeking volunteers in all three areas it operates in, with both strong hands for manual labour and...

September 10, 2025

City MOU to explore business links with India

THE City of Greater Geelong has improved its opportunities for bilateral trade with India, signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Australia India...

September 9, 2025

Hot summer flavours collide at Geelong Beer Festival

THE Geelong Beer Festival returns to Johnstone Park on January 17, turning the park in the city's CBD into a summer playground of...

September 4, 2025

APCO Mt Duneed grand opening wows community

APCO Mt Duneed officially celebrated its opening on Sunday with hundreds of people gathering at the new service station. Highlights of the four-hour grand opening...

September 4, 2025

Steptember challenges workplaces to step up for babies with cerebral palsy

Steptember, the national virtual fitness fundraiser, has launched, with Australians stepping up and moving the equivalent of 10,000 steps a day for the month...

September 4, 2025

Interim boss lands GORCAPA top job

THE Great Ocean Road and Parks Authority (GORCAPA) has found its new boss, with interim chief executive officer Christine Ferguson officially landing...

September 2, 2025

Mapei unveiled as race’s new title partner

THE Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race has revealed Mapei as its inaugural naming rights partner. A premium partner since the race’s inception in 2015,...

September 1, 2025

Point Grey final Urban Design Framework reflects community feedback

THE Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority says it has listened closely to the community regarding changes to Point Grey’s Urban Design Framework...

August 29, 2025

Weekend lane closures: Expect huge delays outbound

MAJOR delays of at least 90 minutes are expected on the West Gate Freeway this weekend for drivers travelling outbound with the freeway closed...

August 28, 2025

AFL Barwon confirms Torquay’s promotion call

AFL BARWON has confirmed the Torquay Football and Netball Club's decision to not move up into the Geelong Football Netball League (GFNL), but says...

August 28, 2025

Unlock relief: PPE clinic says yes to you

This Women’s Health Week (Monday, September 1 to Friday, September 5), the Kardinia Health Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis (PPE) Clinic is encouraging women to...

August 28, 2025

Queenscliff Music Festival ups the ante with comedy, art

THE Queenscliff Music Festival keeps growing bigger and better, adding comedy stars, genre-bending DJs, immersive art installations and family entertainment to an already loaded...

August 21, 2025

Renewables advocates slam Victoria’s new gas licence proposals

TWO environmental groups have slammed the Victorian government for possible petroleum exploration licences in the Otways, saying the state’s focus should be on renewables...

August 8, 2025

Licence revoked — Western United faces collapse after FA decision

Western United have been stripped of its A-League licence, leaving the embattled club on the brink of folding and players and staff in limbo. Just...

August 7, 2025

Surf Coast FC hosts ladies day with standout guest speaker

Surf Coast FC will host a Ladies’ Day Celebration of Female Football later this month, with Emily Shears from the Female Athlete Network listed...

August 7, 2025

Learn F.A.S.T. signs this National Stroke Week and save lives

Stroke Foundation is urging all Australians to do their part this National Stroke Week (August...

August 7, 2025

Geelong councillor backs moratorium on ESVF levy

A CITY of Greater Geelong councillor is among the 30 local government representatives collectively against the new Emergency Services and Volunteer Fund (ESVF) and...

August 5, 2025

Travis Boak to retire at season’s end

PORT ADELAIDE veteran and Torquay local hero Travis Boak's time in the AFL is nearly over, with the 37-year-old expected to retire at the...

July 31, 2025

Jimmy Barnes to headline Geelong concert

AUSTRALIAN music icon Jimmy Barnes is celebrating the 40th anniversary of his second solo album, and will mark the occasion with a national tour...

July 29, 2025

Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach moves in Championship Tour shakeup

THE World Surf League (WSL) has revealed a considerable shakeup to next year's Championship Tour (CT), including the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach being...

July 26, 2025

All 2025 GFNL finals venues confirmed

THE Geelong Football Netball League (GFNL) Grand Finals are returning to Kardinia Park, with AFL Barwon confirming the venues earlier today (Saturday, July 26). The...

July 26, 2025

No distractions: Gleeson commits before Tigers’ flag push

THE Torquay Football and Netball Club has locked in Dom Gleeson as senior coach in 2026, his 12th year in a row. The club confirmed...

July 25, 2025

Unsung forward becomes ‘fundamental part’ of the Cats

IT IS HARD to stand out when you share a forward 50 with All-Australians Jeremy Cameron, Patrick Dangerfield and Tyson Stengle. But it's becoming equally...