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Universities unite on protection plan for Great Ocean Road

FOUR of the country’s top university design schools will lend their expertise to helping create a strategic plan for the future of the Great...

Grants to support better manufacturing

MANUFACTURERS in regional Victoria with shovel-ready projects to increase their productivity and grow jobs have a week left to apply for up to $1million...

Shire slowly recovers from impacts of coronavirus

MORE than 1,000 jobs were lost in the Surf Coast Shire as the effects of the coronavirus pandemic fully took hold in...

Sailors rescued after boat overturns near Torquay

EMERGENCY services rescued two sailors after they fell overboard off the coast of Torquay on Wednesday last week. Police, water police,...

Torquay Lions dismayed by glass in New Year’s Day cleanup

THE Torquay Lions Club’s dawn cleanup of rubbish along Torquay’s foreshore on New Year’s Day has been left disappointed at the amount of broken...

Concept drawings of The Sands upgrade revealed

THE Sands resort in Torquay has not officially changed hands yet, but residents in the surrounding estate have had a sneak peek...

Vale Maggi Jean Lowdon, 1944-2020

MAGGI Jean was born and educated in Melbourne and awarded a PhD in biochemistry from Monash University.   She was the first of her family...

Shire’s Australia Day ceremony goes online

THE Surf Coast Shire council will not be running its usual Australia Day events this year due to the ongoing effects of...

Start your 2021 right with a blood pressure check

Australians keen to make a healthy start to 2021 are being urged to have a blood pressure check.

Power outage affects thousands in Torquay

POWERCOR is "working around the clock" to restore power to 300 homes and businesses in Torquay following two separate cable failures, but it is...

GT Alliance says it won’t compromise on Spring Creek

THE Greater Torquay Alliance has rejected suggestions it is trying to make some sort of deal behind closed doors with those seeking to develop...

Light the way: Lighthouse walk to raise funds to fight cancer

A NEW fundraiser is urging people to put their lockdown fitness to the test this month to help aid efforts to fight cancer. Anglesea resident...

Poll reveals fears about coronavirus misinformation

A new poll has revealed Australians fear unchecked misinformation online could derail national COVID-19 vaccination efforts, and want to see greater transparency about the...

Cats and dog poo flagged for shire’s next animal plan

THE Surf Coast Shire council will not make any changes to its Domestic Animal Management Plan (DAMP) following a review, but one councillor says...

Bumper grain harvest to drive surge in GeelongPort activity

A BUMPER harvest on Australia's east coast is expected to drive a flurry of activity in the Port of Geelong, with a significant increase...

Geelong Wine Walk to raise a glass in 2021

THE APCO Foundation Geelong Wine Walk will be back in 2021, with February 13 officially locked in as the date. APCO ambassador Shane Crawford announced...

Works to improve Cape Otway Road to start soon

WORKS to widen and resurface a section of Cape Otway Road in Modewarre will begin in less than a fortnight. These works, between Taylors and...

Strong support: Barwon Health Foundation praises community’s brilliant response to fundraiser

THE Barwon Health Foundation has praised the amazing level of community support for the Coronavirus Emergency Support Fund, with the appeal reaching its $1.1...

GT Alliance open to meeting with Spring Creek developers

THE Greater Torquay Alliance is willing to consider a meeting about the future of Spring Creek with two of its proposed developers, who believe...

Libby charts a rough course to graduation

RECOVERING from a broken back and occasionally living out of a van didn't stop Libby Clarke from completing her masters this year. The RMIT University...

Region could reap benefits of tourism voucher scheme

THE first round of the Victorian government's tourism vouchers were snapped up by eager travellers, but Tourism Greater Geelong and the Bellarine (TGGB) is...

JobKeeper reduced, still set to end in March

THE fortnightly JobKeeper subsidy has been reduced for a third time, and the federal Coalition still plans to end the scheme in about two...

Shire and GORCAPA go on patrol

THE Surf Coast Shire and Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority (GORCAPA) have restarted beach patrols with the aim of helping people have...

Land acquisition for Barwon Heads Road duplication approved

THE state government has approved the plan to acquire land that will allow the duplication of Barwon Heads Road. The $318 million duplication project extends...