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Winners declared in the greatest show on turf

JUDGEMENT day has come for the Jan Juc Grass Growers Guild (JJGGG) this year, with awards presented for the best lawns on the Surf...

10 OF THE BEST

Torquay Community Enterprise directors and 2017 grant recipients celebrated the 10th year of the organisation supporting local projects with an event at Peppers The...

Enterprise celebrates 10 of the best

TORQUAY Community Enterprise (TCE) celebrated 10 years supporting local projects last week. TCE handed out more than $20,000 to 13 community organisations in an...

STARTING LINE

$350m CORA training facility seeks public feedback

People take to The Village

STORIES of some of the first people to call Warralily home have been preserved as part of a neighbourhood celebration for the grand opening...

Sun Bear festival shines again

Spring Creek Reserve in Torquay came alive with the Sun Bear Children’s Festival on November 12, exploring ways for the local community to remain...

NBN goes live in Belmont

THE National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout in Geelong continues, with 5,700 premises in Belmont, Connewarre, Marshall, Mount Dundeed, Grovedale, Highton and Waurn Ponds now...

Record numbers take flight at Avalon

BUSINESS is taking off at Avalon, with Jetstar announcing it will carry a record number of passengers through the airport this year. Jetstar Australia and...

Volunteers gear up with VESEP grants

EMERGENCY services volunteers across western Victoria are sharing in hundreds of thousands of more than a million dollars in funding for equipment though the...

Pupils building a water-wise message

WATER-wise pupils at Geelong Lutheran College have designed a Lego robotic show about reusing household shower run-off that is in the running for a...

Learning at Child’s Play

On OCTOBER 28, the newest childcare centre in torquay, Child’s Play, held a hugely successful open day. More than 100 groups of people came through...

Artistic piano strikes a chord

AN ABANDONED piano has been given a new lease of life and spruced up for passers-by at the Geelong Performing Arts Centre. The “People’s Piano”,...

Surf shop makes move

Bells Beach Surf Shop has moved 200 metres north along the Surf Coast Highway, taking pride of place opposite Quiksilver. Locally owned and operated for...

Grass growing gets going

THE greatest show on turf in the Surf Coast is drawing closer, with members of the Jan Juc Grass Growers Guild (JJGGG) putting the...

Surf’s up on bus shelters

THE surfboard bus shelter project has reached a milestone, with the boards safely mounted on two shelters near Surf Coast Secondary College. Students at the...

South Barwon could be key to next government

THE recent state byelection result in Northcote where the Greens won the seat from Labor has made South Barwon an even more important seat...

Shire approves its latest small grants

THE Surf Coast Shire is handing out nearly $40,000 in funding to local community groups in the latest round of its Small Grants Program. Councillors...

Surf Coast’s youth speak up

THE Surf Coast Shire will explore more ways to support young people to participate in their community following the 2017 Surf Coast Youth Survey,...

Bellbrae’s covenant champions recognised

FIVE landowners in Bellbrae have been recognised for their work in protecting Victoria’s environment into the future. The five couples were among those who received...

Petitions want Torquay’s height capped

A HIGH level of opposition remains about the plan to make central Torquay taller, with petitions for a maximum three-storey height attracting nearly 1,600...

GOING WEST

Torquay infill development approved

HOPE SPRINGS

Locals discover secret to a dream retirement

Keep an eye out for snakes in Colac Otway Shire

AS THE number of sunny days increases so too does the number of snake sightings across the Colac Otway Shire. While it may still feel...

More coaches of the night to run to Geelong

MORE late-night coach services will be introduced later this month from Melbourne to Geelong and other major regional centres on Friday and Saturday nights. The...