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SOCIAL SCENE – Anglesea SLSC launches Social Pass

THE Anglesea Surf Life Saving Club has launched a new initiative to provide discounts to locals and increase community use of its facilities. The club...

Town by town snapshot: Winchelsea

The size of greater Winchelsea for ABS data collection purposes is approximately 247.5 square kilometres, stretching from Lake Murdeduke towards Buckley and down to...

Paddling season opens with a wild ride

THE 2018 marathon paddling season opened at the weekend with the fourth running of the “Impossible”. Paddlers taking part in the surfski, SUP and prone...

Bringing light to homes across the coast

LIGHTNING Electrical Co, based in Armstrong Creek, is owned and operated by passionate local Billy Hughes. With over a decade of experience in the industry,...

CROOKES COUNSELLING returns to TORQUAY

I am delighted to be opening a branch of my psychology practice in Torquay, after seven years away. In that time, I began a corporate...

Spring Creek Community House turns 25

Spring Creek Community House celebrated 25 years of serving the community during two events last week. More than 100 people turned out on Thursday...

Musical biography profiles one of Australia’s literary giants

Coming to the Bellarine and timed to coincide with the Archibald Prize exhibition in Geelong is a new live-on-stage musical biography titled J F...

Swingtet TO ROLL INTO BOWLO

With Thee I Swing is the long awaited, debut album for Melbourne-based band The Georgia Brooks Swingtet. Recorded at Newmarket Studios, North Melbourne and engineered...

Eyeing The WEEKEND – November 08, 2018

FRIDAY 9/11

MORTLAKE SALE DRAWS A CROWD

A large gallery of buyers and onlookers lined the rails at Mortlake this week to see this pen of wellcovered Shorthorn Bullocks sold, with...

Henderson welcomes Moss Review findings

CORANGAMITE Liberal federal member Sarah Henderson has promised to keep trying to change her party’s mind on live exports, following the release of a...

Connecting us with Western Victoria’s producers

EAT Drink West is the new buzz phrase around town, being touted as Western Victoria’s go-to source for all things produce related. Eat Drink...

CFA issues warning on barbecue fires

THE Melbourne Cup has been run and won, but the CFA has advised people to check their barbecues and make sure their punt isn’t...

Local organisations among the state’s highest achievers

TWO local organisations brought home awards from the prestigious 2018 Regional Achievement and Community Awards last month. More than 400 guests attended the Awards Gala...

Liberals to expand use of GPS trackers on criminals

THE Liberal Nationals are continuing their campaign on law and order as the state election campaign begins in earnest, pledging an expansion to the...

Victorian Socialists announce candidates

THE Victorian Socialists will have trade unionists nominated in all 11 lower house seats in western Victoria for this month’s state election. Tim Gooden, who...

Major parties angling for the fishing vote

THE peak body representing Victorian recreational fishers is buoyed by bipartisan support from the major parties for improving recreational fishing and boating in Victoria...

Walking charity wants action on pedestrian safety

HEALTH promotion charity Victoria Walks is calling on both major parties ahead of this month’s state election to prioritise the road safety of senior...

VTIC welcomes investment in tourism projects

THE Victorian Tourism Industry Council (VTIC) has welcomed the latest results of Australia’s tourism investment pipeline for 2017/18. The research reveals that tourism continues to...

Intern program to pair graduates with a disability with employers

DOZENS of university and TAFE students with disability in Geelong and three other Victorian regional communities will benefit from a new project funded by...

Public feedback released on coastal erosion strategy

THE Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) has released a summary of community feedback on coastal erosion strategies for Apollo Bay and...

Labor pledges basketball hub for Geelong

GEELONG will get one of seven high-performance basketball training hubs to be built across Victoria if Labor wins this month’s state election. The Geelong hub,...

Casson steps down as Committee for Geelong CEO

COMMITTEE for Geelong chief executive officer Rebecca Casson has announced she is leaving the position to take up the top job at the Master...

Air Asia X CEO is ready to take off from Avalon

THE chief executive officer of Air Asia X made two visits to Geelong within 24 hours last week, and is looking forward to a...