APRIL
Mental health was the biggest social justice issue affecting the region according to a survey completed by the Salvation Army.
Ocean Grove etched its own piece of history into the Geelong Bowls Region’s history books by becoming the first club to win both the Premier and Division 1 premierships.
Works on the Barwon Heads Road upgrade are pushing ahead, with significant progress made over the summer.
Victorian premier Daniel Andrews opened the new $20 million Curlewis clubhouse and accommodation facility.
Ocean Grove Surf Life Saving Club’s Bo Chudosnik was awarded a National Medal.
Barwon Heads’s Tin Shed’s popular Good Friday Appeal raised more than $60,000 for the Royal Children’s Hospital.
MAY
Animal welfare in Ocean Grove received a boost with more than $450,000 allocated towards a local animal care organisation in the 2022-23 state budget.
Ambulance Victoria recorded an 8.2 per cent increase in paramedics attending code one patients within 15 minutes in the Borough of Queenscliffe despite recording above average code one response times for the region.
Barwon Heads Fire Brigade issued a warning to be careful after gas cylinders ignited at two separate households resulting in injury and property damage.
JUNE
Ocean Grove’s Rolling Pins Pies & Cakes officially has Australia’s best pie, a mushroom and truffle variety after dominating the Baking Association of Australia’s Best Pie Competition.
Bellarine Peninsula locals Alistair Drayton, Ian Cover, Richard Underwood and Jon Mamonski received Queen’s Birthday honours.
Ocean Grove’s population increased by more than 5000 during the past decade according to Census figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The town’s population in August 2021 stood at 17,714.
Member for Bellarine Lisa Neville announced she would not be contested the state election and would retire from politics.
Queenscliff’s St Aloysius Catholic Primary School celebrated 120 years
