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SURF Coast: Property: 4 Merino Drive, BellbraeAgent Price Guide: $2,685,000 Agent: Robyn Dodd Real Estate This captivating Hamptons inspired home, magnificently combines classic charm with modern amenity,...

Students inspired to turn crazy ideas into real-life solutions

YOUNG people absolutely smashed it at Crazy Ideas College's Geelong Social Innovators event. Over two days, young people gathered based on similarities between social issues...

Sponsors needed for sold-out school luncheon

ST THERESE Catholic Primary School's annual Mother's Day luncheon is on the hunt for sponsors after the May event quickly sold out. To be held...

IT service with a local touch

FOR more than 15 years, Geelong-based IT company GravIT have been servicing the region with their expert skills and knowledge. Locally owned and operated, GravIT...

Give Geelong appeal begins

THE Give Where You Live Foundation is encouraging the community to dig deep and support the 2025 Give Geelong Appeal. Running from March 14 to...

Coerver Coaching heads to the Surf Coast

YOUNG soccer talent from around Victoria will converge on Torquay early next month when Coerver Coaching Geelong kicks off a globally recognised technical skills...

Ingenia Lifestyle Lakeside Lara’s new community chief is an old soul with a love of life

COMMUNITY manager Zee isn't yet at the age where she's considering retirement or downsizing, but she's found a place where she belongs at Ingenia...

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Volunteers recognised for outstanding contributions

VICTORIA'S volunteers have been honoured at the 2024 Volunteering Awards, celebrating their dedication to communities across the state. Minister for Carers and Volunteers Ros Spence...

Labor promises more bulk-billed GP visits in Geelong region

GP services across Geelong, the Bellarine, and the Surf Coast would see a major expansion in bulk billing under an Albanese Government plan to...

Surf Coast Shire secures $700,000 for energy upgrade

SURF Coast Shire will receive $700,000 in federal funding to replace a gas-powered heating and cooling system at its Civic Centre with a fully...

Grants open to help young Victorians restore nature

YOUNG Victorians will have more opportunities to care for the environment, with $450,000 in Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants now available. Minister for Environment Steve...

ConocoPhillips granted approval for offshore gas drilling

CONOCOPHILLIPS has been granted approval to drill for gas off the coast of western Victoria, in an area that overlaps with a separate seismic...

Grants open for community-led road safety projects

COMMUNITY groups and organisations can now apply for funding to improve road safety, with $600,000 available in the 2025 Transport Accident Commission (TAC) Road...

Kate Lockhart to contest Corangamite for Voices movement

AGRICULTURAL scientist Kate Lockhart has been selected as the Voices of Corangamite candidate for Corangamite. Ms Lockhart, who has lived on the Bellarine for almost...

Women in Business – Special Feature

A new chapter for Karuna-maya Medicine

FOR Dr Millie Glen, taking over Karuna-maya Medicine wasn’t a leap into the unknown — it was the natural next step.   After five years as...

Meet the duo championing women at Meli

MELI'S Jessica Smith and Keeley Davies are leading the march forward towards a workplace where women are empowered to succeed and everyone in the...

Building women’s economic security: a new hub for Geelong

WHEN Mandy Richards founded Global Sisters in 2013, her mission was clear: to remove the barriers holding women back from economic security—particularly those facing...