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City Hall to light up
Experienced multimedia artist Georgie Pinn is behind this year’s City of Greater Geelong Christmas projections. City Hall will be illuminated for the Christmas in Geelong…
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For the love of bonsai
Shelley Egberts fondly remembers Saturdays being spent as a young child with her father exploring the art of bonsai. They would explore nurseries to buy…
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Road repair backlog
The City of Greater Geelong has estimated that up to one-third of the region’s unsealed roads were washed away in the recent floods. The roads…
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Diabetes support event comes to Geelong
Diabetes Victoria will hold its first in-person event in Geelong since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic when it hosts the ‘Living Well with Diabetes’…
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10-year plan for significant area
It may be a relatively narrow stretch of land, about 5km long and 200 metres wide, but the Southeast Bellarine Coast foreshore reserve, managed by…
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Community calendar
Carpet bowls Leopold Hall 805-809 Bellarine Highway, Leopold on Wednesday and Friday from 1pm to 3.15pm. Admission $4 includes afternoon tea. ■ 0400-500 402 Book…
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Out & about
Members from four local PROBUS clubs gathered at Ocean grove Surf Life Saving Club on Tuesday. Around 120 prople from Ocean Grove on the Barwon,…
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Waterways get good drenching
The spring rains have continued to relentlessly fall, and the great thing about this is that the waterways will most likely not dry out over…
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Young filmmakers on centre stage
Year 12 student Phoenix Petterwood is one of two young local filmmakers that have been shortlisted for the North Bellarine Film Festival’s Emerging Filmmakers Award.…
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Spooky time at the Shed
The first ever Spook Fest was held at the Potato Shed on the weekend and everyone got into the Halloween spirit a few days early.…
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Arts trail exceeds expectations
More than 900 people passed through the Bellarine Arts Trail hub in Barwon Heads on the weekend, delighting organisers. The hub was the first port…
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Plenty on offer at church fair
The people of St Peter’s Anglican Church in Ocean Grove are planning their much-loved annual fair. This year the delicious morning teas will be back…