April 29, 2022
Surf Coast embarks on $30 million land transfer to GORCAPA
THE Surf Coast Shire is starting the process of handing over $30 million in land assets to the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks...
April 26, 2022
Peak housing lobby questions sector’s future
REGIONAL council goals of establishing thousands of new social housing properties won't be met without major long-term investment from the Victorian or federal government,...
April 25, 2022
Politics in the pit
CORANGAMITE’S lead candidates for the federal election have all expressed their opposition to the pace of oil and gas development in the Otway Basin,...
April 25, 2022
Surfcam live at Anglesea
ANGLESEA has joined the list of popular beaches in the region with live surf cameras that can be accessed online. Installed on the Anglesea Surf...
April 20, 2022
Labor pledges $5 million veterans hub for Torquay
A $5 MILLION Veteran Wellbeing Centre has been promised for the Surf Coast and Geelong region should Labor win government at the upcoming federal...
April 15, 2022
Torquay Boardriders gather for Bells Pro
THE second annual Torquay Boardriders Club (TBC) luncheon was graced with local and international surf royalty at an Juc Surf Life Saving Club last...
April 15, 2022
Surf Coast childcares risk closure
COMMUNITY House childcare centres in Lorne, Anglesea and Winchelsea are struggling to keep their doors open due to a lack of staff and some...
April 11, 2022
Organic waste deals on track
BARWON Water is on track to start taking organic waste from six local government areas (LGAs) in the region within two years under its...
April 8, 2022
Coalition hits the gas
FEDERAL government plans to triple the size of oil and gas fields in the Otway Basin are progressing, with drilling rights in one of...
April 7, 2022
Jan Juc’s India Robinson lines up for first Bells Pro
When newly minted Jan Juc surf pro India Robinson paddles out for her maiden heat at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach in a...
April 7, 2022
The road to Bells
Bob ‘Boobs’ Johnson was about 13 when he first surfed Bells Beach in the early 1960s on a borrowed board and wiped out, “I...
April 6, 2022
Senator backs Jan Juc family in AAMI battle
A JAN JUC family forced from their home due to mould and locked in a six-year battle with insurer AAMI has received the backing...
April 5, 2022
Back to the chambers
THE region's councils have met face to face for the first time in months after COVID-19 restrictions forced them to be held virtually. The City...
April 4, 2022
More coastal closures
THE Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority (GORCAPA) has restricted access past Soapy Rocks in Anglesea due to an overhanging cliff at risk...
March 31, 2022
Quay 2 intersection greenlit
CONSTRUCTION of the Surf Coast Highway intersection to Torquay North's Quay 2 development has cleared its final hurdle with confirmation the Department of Transport...
March 30, 2022
2022 Federal Budget “disappointing” says G21
THE Morrison government’s pre-election ‘cost of living’ budget has received a lack lustre endorsement from the regions most powerful lobby, the Geelong Region Alliance...
March 30, 2022
Shire to install acidic river signs in Anglesea
THE Surf Coast Shire Council (SCSC) will install signs at known swimming spots on the Anglesea River warning of high acidity in the estuary. The...
March 25, 2022
Redevelopment forces closure of MoVida Lorne
A PLANNED groundfloor redevelopment of the Lorne Hotel by new owners Merivale will see the permanent closure of restaurant MoVida in three months. A company...
March 22, 2022
Gang-gang cockatoo listed as endangered
THE Gang-gang Cockatoo has been added to Australia's list of threatened species, listed as endangered by the federal government. "Birdlife Australia had recommended an official...
March 17, 2022
Fossil fuel fight looms
OIL and gas projects off the Great Ocean Road are again building into a controversial election issue, with state and federal governments in the...
March 16, 2022
Sunburn rates at four-year high
GEELONG'S University Hospital treated 34 people with bad sunburn over the summer in its emergency department, up from 22 the previous summer. The increase is...
March 11, 2022
Principal hopeful of return to stability
TORQUAY College students are back in the classroom after two years of COVID-19 interrupted schooling that saw many spend much of the last two...
March 10, 2022
Eroding coast
COLLAPSING cliffs along the Surf Coast are occurring more regularly and more beach closures are likely, a leading coastal academic warns. “At the moment, it...
March 9, 2022
Rip Curl pulls distribution to Russia
RIP CURL has joined a growing list of brands that have pulled distribution to Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. The Torquay founded...
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