The Next Step is Geelong

A popular group of children’s entertainers will perform in Geelong this month as part of a 10-date Australian tour. The cast from hit Canadian television...

Briefs for September 12

Roadworks begin in Lorne

Charging station powers up at RACV Torquay Resort

ELECTRIC vehicles can now make a useful pitstop at the start of the Great Ocean Road with last week’s official opening of an ultra-rapid...

Sarah Henderson wins Senate preselection

SARAH Henderson has made a rapid return to federal politics, emerging as the winner of a tightly-fought contest to fill a casual Senate vacancy...

Road renaming in Gherang rejected

A STATE government body has knocked back the Surf Coast Shire’s renaming of part of a road in Gherang. Nobles Road runs generally north-south but...

Woe is 4G as community voices Quay tower doubts

THE planned installation of a telecommunications tower in Torquay North is not being welcomed by some of the area’s residents, who claim it will...

Eastern Reserve scores new netball pavilion

NETBALL facilities in Winchelsea have shot up in quality with the official opening of a new pavilion at Eastern Reserve. Victorian Coalition Senator David Van...

Libby Coker rolls in and talks politics in Torquay

Corangamite federal member Libby Coker has run a listening tour across her electorate, holding “Coffee with your Pollie” and “Politics in the Pub” sessions...

Torquay pupils join environmental learning event

MORE than 150 pupils from Torquay and across Victoria converged on Scienceworks last month for National My Solar Direct Kids Teaching Kids (KTK) Week. St...

Tony Revell wins Anglesea by-election

TONY Revell has been elected as the newest member of the Surf Coast Shire council. Cr Revell was one of six candidates in the Anglesea...

Coker to hold youth climate forum this weekend

CORANGAMITE Labor federal member Libby Coker is continuing her focus on environmental issues, inviting the Geelong region’s young people to attend a public climate...

Libby Coker makes first speech to Parliament

CORANGAMITE federal member Libby Coker made her first speech to Parliament this afternoon. The full text is reproduced below. Mr Speaker, I acknowledge the traditional owners of...

Geelong fundraiser raises over $20,000 for Parkinson’s

MORE than 570 locals weaved through a 2km stretch of trees at Eastern Park on Sunday to raise $20,000+ for the wider Parkinson’s community....

Spend an arvo with the big O’s for Jan Juc Surf Life Saving Club

THE Jan Juc Surf Life Saving Club has assembled an all-star line-up of talent for its sixth AFL Grand...

Applications open for community grants

CORANGAMITE federal member Libby Coker is urging community, sporting and environmental groups from the Corangamite region to submit Expressions of Interest for the Stronger...

Torquay SLSC farewells Rocky McCoppin

Family, friends and lifesaving colleagues gathered at the Torquay Surf Life Saving Club recently to celebrate the life of...

AIRAR event helps keep Rohingya stories alive

ON THE two-year anniversary of 700,000 Rohingya fleeing western Myanmar to escape ethnic cleansing, more 50 people gathered at Great Escape Books in Aireys...

Geelong to host international folk music conference

GEELONG will host an international folk music conference in the lead-up to next year’s Port Fairy Folk Festival (PFFF). The...

Coker supports shire’s climate emergency

CORANGAMITE Labor federal member Libby Coker has backed her former council’s declaration of a climate emergency. Despite calling on the federal Coalition government to follow...

Shire to introduce fourth recycling bin, trial fifth bin

EVERY household in the Surf Coast Shire will get a fourth bin for recyclables and some will get a fifth bin as part of...

Community to manage future arts facility in Torquay

THE Surf Coast Shire has given the green light for the Surf Coast Sports and Recreation Centre to be...

Come along to the Green Room

The Surf Coast Secondary College is inviting the community to its biannual showcase of the talents of its students. To be held in the college’s...

G21 forum panels consider our water and waste futures

ONE of the panels at last week’s G21 Stakeholder Forum asked the community for its help in how to respond to the future challenges...

Wave of hair knowledge rolls into Torquay

Melbourne-born hair studio Kimberley & Co. is making waves on the Surf Coast, with the award-winning business now operating on Torquay’s Boston Road. The salon...