April 4, 2019
NEXT GENERATION SPEARHEADS Salt celebrations
Queenscliff gallery Salt Contemporary Art is celebrating their 15th birthday this April and have invited 15 local school children to be guest curators for...
April 4, 2019
Ridwan gets ready to drop
With the Drop Festival only weeks away, up and coming singer and songwriter Chitra Ridwan, 21, has been selected as the triple j Unearthed...
April 3, 2019
Torquay duo give back via Australian Volunteers
MOVING towards retirement and wanting to ‘give back’, Torquay residents Annie Hepner and John Mulder applied to the Australian Volunteers Program (AVP). The AVP is...
March 28, 2019
The Plumbing Business servicing the Surf Coast
THE Plumbing Business (TPB) has been servicing the Surf Coast and surrounds for the past 12 months and is family-owned and operated by Bart...
March 28, 2019
Go Nuts for brain health
Long-term, high nut consumption could be the key to better cognitive health in older people according to new research from the University of South...
March 28, 2019
FUNDING BOOST for cancer research projects
Cancer Council Victoria (CCV) has announced $3 million in funding to 11 high-quality research projects into the treatment, causes, detection and prevention of all...
March 28, 2019
COLLECTING RUBBISH across continents
Growing up in Torquay, Rachael Whelan has spent most her life at the beach, so when she moved to Hawaii last year, she was...
March 28, 2019
AN IRISHMAN AT THE Potato Shed
In 1964, Dennis Coard was 11 years old when his family moved from Ireland to Australia. A few decades later, Dennis made another giant...
March 27, 2019
BIG BREAKFAST RETURNS IN JUNE
Best-selling author and former editorin- chief of Vogue Australia, Kirstie Clements, will lead the conversation at a Geelong business breakfast taking place at The...
March 27, 2019
Full steam ahead for Otway Environmental
AN INNOVATIVE new technology is taking on weeds across bushlands, parks and the coast without chemicals using steam weed machinery. Otway Environmental owner Troy Fynmore...
March 27, 2019
Help bring Easter joy to sick kids
YEAR 10 Surf Coast Secondary College student Maya Supple is combining a family tradition with a school project, collecting and delivering Easter eggs to...
March 27, 2019
Netball legends Pass It On
AFTER the success of last year’s This Girl Can VicHealth campaign, VicHealth declared March This Girl Can month, celebrating with events such as Pass...
March 21, 2019
A European Affair to remember
IN 1980, Paul Loughnan commenced an apprenticeship with Volvo and fell in love with European cars, a passion which led him to open his...
March 21, 2019
SALT SATURATION FOR AUSSIE KIDS
Fast food kids’ meals in Australia can contain an entire day’s recommended salt intake according to new research which highlights the hidden toll fast...
March 21, 2019
RUNNING GROUP ON THE right track
Unlike other running clubs, The Finishr - a new community collaboration - encourages local residents to get out and experience the beauty of the...
March 21, 2019
SOUND DOCTOR returns this month
The Sound Doctor is gearing up for a huge 2019 after being awarded the Community Event of the Year by the Surf Coast Shire...
March 21, 2019
LARA’S BEST FOOD AND WINE ON SHOW
Celebrating 11 years, the Lara Food and Wine Festival (LFWF) returns on March 24 with this year’s special guest – celebrity chef Iain ‘Huey’...
March 20, 2019
Love throughout the decades
FLORENCE and George Oxley have spent a lifetime together as husband and wife, and with the passing of every decade – all seven of...
March 20, 2019
It’s more than just a game for the Selwood brothers
FOR the Selwood brothers (all four of them) reaching the highest level of Aussie rules football was important to them, but according to Joel...
March 14, 2019
Plumber returns to Torquay home
SEAN Michael Gallagher has been working as a plumber and gasfitter for the past seven years, the last five he’s spent running his business...
March 14, 2019
YOU CAN DURING THIS GIRL CAN WEEK
Get out and get active as part of This girl Can Week Kicking off March 18, a VicHealth initiative encouraging women to embrace physical...
March 14, 2019
RECORD BOOST TO TACKLE TWO OF AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST KILLERS
Stroke Foundation has welcomed the launch of a comprehensive research effort to tackle stroke and heart disease, with the Federal Government launching a $220...
March 14, 2019
FIRST ACTS ANNOUNCED FOR Celtic Festival
The National Celtic Folk Festival has announced their first line up for the June long weekend festivities taht will see over 16,000 people arrive...
March 14, 2019
Open day for Torquay Food Aid
For 25 years, Torquay Food Aid (TFA) have been providing food for Surf Coast residents in need, and on March 20 they’re inviting the...
