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One road closes, while another opens

One road has reopened, while another has closed in the Surf Coast Shire following structure repairs.  Horseshoe Bend Road was reopened with regular speed limits...

Council supports 24-hour cat curfew

Geelong council narrowly passed a vote to introduce a 24-hour cat curfew throughout the City of Greater Geelong. The motion, which will require all cats...

Athletes take on Australia’s best

A team of young athletes has headed to Adelaide this week to represent Victoria at Little Athletics’ biggest competition. Evan Bainbridge (under 15 300m hurdles),...

Three rounds to go before finals

It was beautiful weather for tennis as Tuesday Midweek kicked off this week, although the wind did pick up later in the day to...

Stingaree Bay the hot spot

Another great weekend for fishing with lots of reports coming from Corio Bay with anglers picking up some nice fish. The inner harbour is...

Kelly triumphs

Barwon Heads surfer Jerry Kelly won the premiere division at the Woolworths Victorian Junior Surfing Titles at Gunnamatta on the weekend. Kelly is now one...

Heads square the ledger

Consecutive wins has Barwon Heads back in the hunt after opening the Bellarine Football League season with losses to Anglesea and Drysdale. The comfortable 19.13(127)...

St Mary’s tame Lions at home

St Mary's defeated reigning Geelong Football League premiers Leopold at Anthony Costa Oval on Saturday April 20 and Independent photographer Ivan Kemp was there...

Leopold prevails in entertaining clash

Leopold started strongly and won by seven goals in the round 2 Geelong Netball League A Grade clash against St Mary's at Kardinia Park...

The evergreen Issi Dye

Entertainer Issi Dye has been performing professionally for 58 years, as both singer and television host. But even as he approaches six full decades of...

Connecting through loneliness

Sometimes, great things come from asking simple questions. Project Connect Ensemble’s physical theatre work a/lone has been conceived, developed, performed at Edinburgh Fringe and put...

Astrid takes the next step

Though she has been singing most of her young life, Astrid Armstrong is embarking on a brand new chapter. At the tender age of 16...

Geelong Rep brings modern-day fantasy to life

The 50s burst back into the present as Geelong Repertory Theatre Company kicks off an 11-show run of Home, I’m Darling tonight. Running from April...

Country music’s favourite couple

For Brooke McClymont and husband Adam Eckersley, joining forces to write some music together during COVID-19 seemed like a good way to stay creative...

Back to Back world premiere

Internationally lauded Geelong theatre company Back to Back will premiere their newest major work at the Geelong Arts Centre this week. Multiple Bad Things is...

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One road closes, while another opens

One road has reopened, while another has closed in the Surf Coast Shire following structure repairs.  Horseshoe Bend Road was reopened with regular speed limits...