News
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Family violence drives crime rise
Assaults and family violence crimes have increased in Ocean Grove during the past year, according to data released by the Crime Statistics Agency. Ocean Grove…
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Help for Emma
Emma Falzon is just like any other five-year-old. She enjoys the beach, loves painting, dancing, listening to music and jumping on the trampoline. She enjoys…
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Try a new sport
Floor curling has arrived in Ocean Grove. Floor curling is a modified version of the Olympic sport of curling that allows the game to be…
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Tin rattle goes virtual
SES Bellarine is hoping a public ‘virtual’ tin rattle will boost funds so it can continue to serve the community. The SES is not fully…
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Art auction for a cause
After an enforced hiatus in 2020, the Bellarine Greens are again running their fundraiser, the Blank Canvas art show and Poetry Slam. The event aims…
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Classic honours Jeff
The Jeff Wall Classic started as a round of golf between a few blokes to remember a good mate. Four years later it has turned…
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Protecting the hooded plover
Educational signs designed to inform of the plight of the endangered hooded plover were installed along the coast recently. The signs, installed on beaches at…
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Push to fill missing link
Ocean Grove Community Association (OGCA) is calling on the City of Greater Geelong to construct a safe shared trail connection linking Ocean Grove and Drysdale…
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Junior life savers dominate
Ocean Grove’s surf life saving dominance has continued with the club taking out the Life Saving Victoria Junior Victorian State Championships at Warrnambool. In fact…
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Lewin’s rail sighting a first
This summer was the coolest in southern Victoria for 19 years. February was much drier than average across central Victoria. Both daytime and night-time temperatures…
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Sisters fundraiser a cut above
When Ocean Grove sisters Matilda and Harriet Stepto set out to raise money for the Peter MacCallum Foundation in honour of their father, Nige, they…
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A Win for Lions Club
Ask anyone who knows anything about the Ocean Grove Barwon Heads Lions Club and it is certain that they know the surname Corless. Win Corless…