Scraps away for Anglesea
FROM December 12, Anglesea’s food organics collection pilot will start with residents encouraged to utilise their newest bin for food scraps (fruits and vegetables,...
Celebrations at the track
NEED a last-minute Christmas breakup location or get together for family and friends? Look no further than the Flying Brick Cider Co. Geelong Pacing Cup...
It’s not clean, until it’s Garner clean
FOR the past two years Garner Cleaning, a proudly family owned, and operated business has been servicing clients across the Bellarine Peninsula, Surf Coast,...
Free spirometry checks with Dr Taylor – Walker
On November 21, Dr Caroline Taylor-Walker will be discussing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and providing free spirometry tests at Woolworths Torquay (cnr Bristol...
ON A
Photographer and artist Karen Pegg always loved the view from the skies and when she had the idea to capture and share those images...
Pearly Shells and Seaside Swing
Seaside Swing is pleased to present an evening of Lindy Hop with Kathryn Kelly and Jarrod Bates with live music by Steve Purcell’s Pearly...
INSIGHTFUL PLAYS AT COURTHOUSE
The Geelong Edge ensemble will deliver two original plays Share House and 2K for free at the Courthouse Youth Arts on November 22 from...
No bones about it
The winner of this year’s Queenscliff Music Festival’s triple j Unearthed competition is rising indiepop star Libby Steel. Born in Cobden and now residing in...
Important National Recycling Week is here
NEW research commissioned by Planet Ark hasfound many Aussies are unsure what happens to their kerbside recycling, with almost half believing it mostly goes...
Produce tree keeps bearing fruit
THE roots of the Portarlington Produce Tree (PPT) are a group of volunteers who banded together last summer to create a place to share...
California bound for Circus
CARLY Post, owner and PR director of Circus Media, will head off to California next March to not only mingle with the world’s best...
FIND YOUR VOICE CHOIR OFFERS FREEDOM TO SING
It’s said music transcends all barriers and for members of the Find Your Voice All Abilities Choir, it gives them a sense of freedom...
Surf’s up for Mervin
During a trip to Torquay’s Australian National Surfing Museum in January, local Terry Mervin, 73, noted an absence of surf-themed board games among the memorabilia. When...
BOO SEEKA for SunSets
Corona SunSets concert series is back with Aussie electronica/hip hop duo Boo Seeka hitting the Torquay Hotel on November 16. The free event is expected...
Spook-tacular celebrations
THE annual Halloween Spook-tacular event at Torquay’s Hilltop Pirate Park on October 31 drew massive crowds once again. Hundreds turned out to enjoy an assortment...
Message gets lost in translation
A LITTER campaign led by two Torquay College Grade 3 students has divided locals with claims the placement of the boys’ most recent sign...
Kids choo-choose Port during Children’s Week
WHILE mass crowds gathered at the racing track for Geelong Cup Day, children arrived in droves to the tracks at Portarlington Bayside Miniature Railway...
Glamp among the vines
IN COLLABORATION with Twilight Glamping, the Bellarine’s most picturesque winery, Terindah Estate, is launching Glamping Amongst the Vines this November. Perched atop the cliff and...
This Way North heads south
Cat Leahy and Leisha Jungalwalla met playing for different bands at a festival in Canada, a friendship formed, and their band This Way North...
Striding out for stroke
Georgia Nickels thought strokes happened to the elderly, until her mother Melissa died suddenly in her sleep at only 50 years old. This November in...
Heavenly sounds arrive in Queenscliff
The Uniting Church in Queenscliff will come alive with the heavenly sounds of The Georgia Brooks Swingtet on November 4. Touted as vintage swing with...
Falls to go bonkers as Dizzee joings line up
Another 13 acts have been added to the Falls Festival 2018/2019 star-studded lineup, including English rapper Dizzee Rascal, best known for his UK number...
Ride with Nelly and Craig David at Mt Duneed Estate
RNB music lovers are rejoicing with the arrival of RNB Vine Days to Mt Duneed Estate on February 9, with stars Nelly and Craig...
Century celebrations for armistice
A living tribute set to honour more than 60,000 brave Australians who lost their lives during World War I is taking place in Geelong...