November 9, 2021
Entries open for 2022 Pier to Pub
ENTRIES opened on Monday this week for next year’s Pier to Pub, and swimmers are racing to sign up to be part of the...
November 8, 2021
Timing of Anglesea planned burn questioned
SOME residents in Anglesea are concerned about the timing of a planned burn close to their houses, saying it will not only cause “visual...
November 8, 2021
Surf Coast Remembrance Day service to go ahead
VICTORIA reaching its 80 per cent double-vaccinated target means that public observances of Remembrance Day in the Surf Coast can go ahead on Thursday. In...
November 6, 2021
Shire awards more COVID support grants
THE Surf Coast Shire has approved just under $17,000 of grants in its latest tranche of funding in its COVID-19 Recovery Assistance Program. As of...
November 5, 2021
Tyson Stengle signs with the Cats
THE Cats have signed free agent forward Tyson Stengle to a two-year AFL contract. The 22-year-old was a highly sought after free agent after a...
November 5, 2021
Exposure site update – November 5
THERE have been two local additions to the list of COVID-19 public exposure sites in Victoria. They are: October 29 Oz Tenpin Geelong Bowling, 19 Reynolds Road,...
November 5, 2021
Leaky dam to be decommissioned
A LEAKY dam in Torquay North will be decommissioned after Southern Rural Water (SRW) refused an application to retain it. About 100 residents from Pintail...
November 5, 2021
Shire makes progress on climate emergency response
THE Surf Coast Shire council’s Climate Emergency Corporate Response Plan has hit key targets during the July-September quarter. Major achievements so far include transitioning all...
November 4, 2021
Falls Festival to leave Lorne in 2022
THE Falls Festival is leaving Lorne and the Surf Coast Shire after 27 years, and will move to a new home just to the...
November 4, 2021
Cats AFLW coach selected for national academy
GEELONG AFLW development coach Elise Coventry has been chosen as one of only eight participants in the 2022 BHP Coaching Academy. Starting last week, the...
November 4, 2021
Upper limits: Torquay’s retail and employment strategy adopted
THE Surf Coast Shire has modified its proposed final Torquay/Jan Juc Retail and Employment Land Strategy (RELS) to make a clearer reference to height...
November 3, 2021
VCAT upholds rejection of Esplanade apartments
A PLAN to build a three-storey apartment complex on Torquay's foreshore has been knocked back by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) for...
November 2, 2021
Exposure site update – November 2
THERE is one local addition to the list of public exposure sites in Victoria to COVID-19. The Shiraaz Indian Restaurant in Malop Street, Geelong has...
November 2, 2021
Eric Young Golf Day postponed
ORGANISERS of the annual WorkSafe Eric Young Memorial Golf Day have postponed the event from next month until next year. In an update sent out...
October 29, 2021
Torquay freehold sells for $3.81 million
A TORQUAY freehold site has just gone under the hammer this afternoon for $3.81 million, well above the reserve price. Commercial real estate agents Darcy...
October 29, 2021
Exposure site update – October 29
THERE are five local additions to the list of public exposure sites to COVID-19 in the Geelong region. They are: October 24 BOUNCEinc, 174 Torquay Road, Grovedale...
October 29, 2021
Wild weather wreaks havoc across region
WILD weather has wreaked havoc across the Geelong region, with last night's thunderstorm resulting in building damage, fallen trees and power outages across Geelong,...
October 29, 2021
Only 12,000 locals not vaccinated at all
JUST over 12,000 people over the age of 15 across Geelong, the Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19,...
October 29, 2021
Ocean Views hits the market
A MAJOR housing development described as “the last remaining opportunity of scale in Torquay” has just been announced. Earlier this week, Core Projects released the...
October 29, 2021
Leisure Time Centre could reopen in term 3
THE Surf Coast Shire council has been recommended to put $110,000 of funding towards getting Winchelsea’s Leisure Time Centre (LTC) fixed and reopened. According to...
October 28, 2021
Final state electoral boundaries released
VICTORIA'S Electoral Boundaries Commission (EBC) has released its final state electoral boundaries, and there are big changes in both Geelong and South Barwon. Published online...
October 28, 2021
Vale Fred Pyke 1934-2021
TORQUAY surf industry pioneer Fred Pyke has been remembered as one of the most influential figures of his time and the inspiration for the...
October 28, 2021
Initiative to connect tourism employers with workers
A NEW job-matching program to help employers find workers during the summer rush will be trialled in Geelong, the Bellarine and the Great Ocean...
October 27, 2021
Christmas tree floats into the bay again
GEELONG'S floating Christmas tree arrived in Corio Bay this morning as the City of Greater Geelong prepares to bring forward its free program of...
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