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RECORD YEAR FOR BUILDING WORK IN VICTORIA AS PERMITS NUDGE $40 BILLION

Applications for building permits in Victoria continued at record levels in 2018, with the cost of works in permits reported to the Victorian Building...

Metricon’s home maintenance ideas for autumn

As cooler weather sets in, many of us turn our focus indoors, making sure heaters are working, our homes are insulated, and any chimneys and...

Home living turns upside down to make the most of local views

Have you ever wondered why the living rooms in many new homes are downstairs, when the best views are often upstairs? For those who live...

Project wheels are in motion

Wheels are turning as several important projects prepare to come on line, bringing new commercial and recreational facilities at Armstrong. Key among these is a...

Town by town snapshot: Drysdale

The size of Drysdale for ABS data collection purposes is approximately 40.1 square kilometres stretching from the Queenscliff Road back towards the townships of...

ANGLESEA GOLF CLUB – May 09, 2019

On Wednesday 1st May Men’s Wednesday Medal/Alternate Stableford. The winner of the Medal Peter Gowans with a nett 69, B Grade Winner Col Watson...

Bellarine Bears lose a close one to Deakin but retain top spot

Not a great weekend of Baseball for the Bears with all five senior teams finishing down. A Grade missed an opportunity to go 1 game...

Local boxers fight it out

Congratulations Euan Kennedy on a superb performance win by 3rd round KO at the Ukranian Club in Essendon. He showed good long-range strategy, perfect timing,...

Clements Electrics delivers the lot

FOR more than 25 years, Shaun Clements of Clements Electrics has been servicing Geelong, the Surf Coast and surrounds with all their electrical needs. Keeping...

BCH TO LAUNCH PILOT PROJECT

Bellarine Community Health is set to launch what’s believed to be the first pilot project of its kind in Victoria. The project will provide a...

Torquay family keeps up the fight against CYSTIC FIBROSIS

Ellie-May Jury makes growing up with a life-limiting condition look effortless, but hours of the bubbly school girl’s daily routine is spent managing cystic...

HOSPITALITY SKILLS GAP filled by disruptor

Belinda Eden launched Troop Employment to brand hospitality as an industry people want to stay in as a career rather than a stepping stone...

EYEING the WEEKEND – May 09, 2019

FRIDAY 10/5

Installation asks workers to reflect on safety

GEELONG workers will have the opportunity to stop and reflect on what workplace health and safety means for them at WorkSafe’s mirrored installation at...

City to sell former Highton Kindergarten

THE City of Greater Geelong council has voted to start the public process of selling the land formerly used as a kindergarten at 257...

Diversitat puts asylum stories on the big screen

NEXT time you go to the movies, you’re going to see a story that comes from Geelong. Diversitat has commissioned three short films to be...

City seeks feedback on golf facilities strategy

THE City of Greater Geelong is asking for community feedback on its draft Golf Facilities Strategy 2019-21, which would see the council not directly...

Landcare groups team up to tackle weeds

THREE Otway hinterland Landcare Networks have joined forces to tackle specific weeds identified as threats to biodiversity in the Otway Plains. The Upper Barwon Landcare...

Pivot Summit ponders technology versus humanity

THIS year’s Pivot Summit took a closer look at the collision between technology and humanity and its consequences. Held for the first time in a...

Dan the new man for K rock Geelong

K ROCK 95.5 Geelong continues to attract radio’s best and brightest, with the announcement that Fox FM Melbourne music director and operations manager Dan...

St Therese fundraising efforts delight community

MORE than 200 people attended St Therese Primary School’s Mother’s Day luncheon at Torquay’s RACV Resort last Friday, marking another fundraising success for the...

Lighting up: senses heightened in Geelong

GEELONG After Dark (GAD) lit up the city on Friday May 3, with this year’s Heighten Your Senses theme embraced by all artists involved...

Community groups get grants

MORE than $88,000 will be provided to 23 local volunteer organisations in the Greater Geelong area through federal government grants. Corangamite Liberal federal member Sarah...

Torquay home to some of region’s best buskers

THE Easter holidays saw kids from the Surf Coast have a crack at competing in busking competitions, including Geelong’s Best Kid Busker competition presented...