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It’s not clean until it’s Garner clean

“It’s not clean until it’s Garner clean” is the mantra for local cleaning business Garner Cleaning. Owned by Michael Garner, Garner Cleaning services Geelong, the...

CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR HEARING? Waurn Ponds Hearing Clinic is all ears

Are you concerned your hearing might be on the decline? Do you need to have your hearing aids updated, tested or changed? Waurn Ponds Hearing...

COUGHS THINGS can mean

CROUP Croup is a viral infection of the throat (larynx) and windpipe (trachea) that causes a hoarse voice, noisy breathing and a harsh, barking cough....

DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT

It is not unusual for the common cold or influenza (the flu) to cause you to develop an annoying winter cough, but it is...

Good Beer Week to hit Ocean Grove

Sipping on a beer brewed close to home is one of life’s simple pleasures. Whether you’re a beer lover from the coast or the city,...

EYEING THE WEEKEND – May 02, 2019

FRIDAY 3/5

Bipartisan funds pledged to Apollo Bay sports facilities

THE Apollo Bay Football Netball Club will score an upgrade to its facilities no matter who wins the federal election, with both the Labor...

Gallery’s print exchange coincides with festival

MYTHS and “mythopeias” are the focus of an annual print exchange being held at Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop. Whether it’s the dreamtime Rainbow Serpent of...

Henderson pledges to help save the hoodies

CORANGAMITE Liberal federal member Sarah Henderson has pledged up to $100,000 in recovery programs for the hooded plover if her party retains government. Ms Henderson...

Moggs Creek hoodie chick fledges

HOODED plover watchers along the Surf Coast celebrated the fledging of a hooded plover chick at Moggs Creek in March. The chick was five weeks...

Bandido brothers unite for worthy cause

The Bandidos MC Surf Coast Chapter hosted its third annual charity ride earlier this year, with over 80 motorcycles roaring down the Surf Coast...

Winchelsea memorial gets state grant

A WAR memorial in Winchelsea has received a useful funding boost courtesy of the state government. Late last month, Member for Western Victoria Gayle Tierney...

Good Friday Appeal raises a record $18 million

COMMUNITIES from Victoria and beyond have dug deep, producing another recordbreaking total for The Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal with a total of...

Star of the Sea and Ocean Mist to get flagpoles

STAR of the Sea Village and Ocean Mist Aged Care will both receive a flagpole to fly the Australian flag on days of commemoration...

New energy deal to keep water bills down

BARWON Water will join 12 other Victorian water corporations in a new energy partnership that will help minimise greenhouse gas emissions and maintain affordable...

RV TV series takes a ride into the Danger zone

GEELONG Cats star Patrick Dangerfield has hit the road with his family to explore the best of the Great Ocean Road. Mobile Living with Patrick...

Dates for Cadel’s 2020 race announced

TWO of the dates for next year’s Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (CEGORR) are locked in. The Elite Men’s Race will take place on...

Shire to donate its land to local SES

THE Surf Coast Shire plans to gift the councilowned land now occupied by Torquay and Winchelsea’s State Emergency Services (SES) units to the SES...

Poll finds strong support for public school funding

THE Australian Education Union (AEU) says a recent phone poll has found a large majority of voters in Corangamite support a greater investment in...

Brett Ince returns to lead Geelong tourism body

BRETT Ince has returned to Tourism Greater Geelong and The Bellarine (TGGB), and will move into the chair of the regional tourism organisation’s executive...

Thousands attend local Anzac Day services

TENS of thousands of people turned out to Anzac Day services across the region. The Torquay RSL and the Anzac Day Dawn Service planning group...

IN BRIEF – May 02, 2019

McArthur criticises shire over Winchelsea Tea Rooms MEMBER for Western Victoria Beverley McArthur has criticised the Surf Coast Shire for its handling of the Winchelsea Tea Rooms,...

Voting opens for 50 Year Storm Invitational

THE first real winter swell has rolled in, heralding the start of voting for this year’s Bells Beach 50 Year Storm Invitational. The event will...

Luck of the draw: Ballot order confirmed for Corangamite

CORANGAMITE candidates for next month’s federal election were confirmed on Wednesday April 24 and a random draw was held to confirm ballot order. Labor candidate...