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Container wall built near Lorne to protect Great Ocean Road

A TEMPORARY wall of containers has been installed along the Great Ocean Road near Lorne this summer to prevent rock falls or landslips impacting...

Dog owners don’t follow the rules on beaches

A STUDY has found Victoria’s laws for dogs on beaches are failing, with as many as eight in 10 people disobeying the rules in...

Sand sculptures to focus on contest’s milestone

THE Queenscliffe Neighbourhood House will hold its 21st Sand Sculpture Contest in January, and contestants are invited to create sculptures that celebrate the milestone. The...

Geelong Tech – skilling for the future

Geelong is at the forefront of a return of technical schooling to Victoria with the recently opened Geelong Tech School. The school is part of...

G21 region’s great balancing act

Living in one of Victoria’s most visited regions in close proximity to Melbourne can be both a blessing and a challenge. The G21 region welcomes...

Falls Festival set times released

WITH only one sleep until the biggest New Year’s celebration on the coast, ticketholders can plan their ultimate festival experience with the set times...

Committee for Chairman: A word from the Chairman

Within a fortnight of the Annual General Meeting of the Committee for Lorne and only days until the New Year, we have already been...

Committee for Chairman: Lorne Community Hospital 2018 Annual General Meeting

2018 has been a good year for the Lorne Op Shop. Memberships and our business are growing steadily, enabling us to continue to support wide ranging...

Scouts hall extension moves closer to shire funding

AN EXTENSION to the Torquay Scouts Hall is among the proposals to make it a little further up the Surf Coast Shire’s list of...

Bells Bash reveals changes for 2019 cliff run

ORGANISERS of the popular Bells Bash Cliff Run have announced some changes for the route of the 2019 event, which will be held next...

Study into community safety reveals disconnect

RESEARCH into community safety by the Surf Coast Shire has revealed a disconnect between what its residents believe to be the biggest risks and...

Shire’s small grants to make a big difference

MEMBERS of Anglesea-Aireys Inlet Senior Citizens Club can look forward to more shopping trips through the Surf Coast Shire’s Small Grants Program. The club was...

TORQUAY AGENT COMES OUT ON TOP

One Agency Torquay director Shaun O’Callaghan has just been acknowledged for his significant auction success, taking out the group’s Excellence in Auction Results award...

Pupils start saving the world through sustainability challenge

PUPILS from Surf Coast primary schools were asked to answer a difficult question in this year’s Quiksilver Sustainability Challenge: “How are you going to...

Best alternate sites for Anglesea’s bike park identified

AN UPDATED assessment of alternate locations for the Anglesea Bike Park has identified the two best options should the bike park be forced to...

SPLASHING IN Torquay SLSC training lifesavers of the future

BEACH visits are on the rise in Torquay as the tourist season seriously begins, and the Torquay Surf Life Saving Club is busy developing...

Town by town snapshot: Armstrong Creek

THE size of the emerging new suburb of Armstrong Creek (excluding Armstrong west of the Surf Coast Highway, which is designated Mt Duneed) is...

Agency Profile: STEPHANIE FIORELLI

With a wealth of knowledge and experience, Stephanie is definitely going to shake up the Bellarine. Stephanie has a warm and professional attitude and is...

Town by town snapshot: Apollo Bay

The size of Apollo Bay is approximately 87.1 square kilometres for ABS data collection purposes and there is one main park within the town. The...

ANGLESEA GOLF CLUB – December 20, 2018

THE men and women had their Christmas break-up days last week, hot and humid for the men and raining for the women. On Wednesday 12...

Kite-Surf World Tour champions ride the Torquay winds

THE best kitesurfers in the world were crowned on the Surf Coast at the weekend in the final stage of this year’s GKA Kite-Surf...

Some fine wines on show in March

There’s really no combination quite like wine and cheese, and for those who love to devote an afternoon to grazing an antipasto platter while...

Eyeing the Weekend – December 20, 2018

FRIDAY 21/12

Robin Hood to protect Kryal Castle these school holidays

Robin Hood isn’t just on the silver screen these school holidays – head along to Kryal Castle to meet the heroic outlaw first hand,...