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Bipartisan pledge for lifesaving club upgrade

by LUKE VOOGT Ocean Grove Surf Lifesaving Club will get the remaining funds for its long-awaited upgrade after a bipartisan $1m election pledge. Club president Steve...

Safety a concern in street survey

OCEAN Grove’s footpath upgrade is one step closer after Geelong council released the results of a survey of local residents. The council’s engineering services unit...

Chance plays its part in Archibalds entry

By LUKE VOOGT BARWON Heads artist John Druce hopes a chance meeting with a giant-wave surfer will help him win this year’s Archibald Prize. John’s...

Asia in focus

OCEAN Grove Primary School celebrated everything Asian with a day of Bollywood dancing, yoga and costumes on 24 June. The Asian Day - the...

Fishy fine for local

A 51-YEAR-OLD Ocean Grove man was recently found guilty and fined $1745 in the Geelong Magistrates' Court over the possession of koi carp. Regional supervising...

Big fine for workplace fall

AN Ocean Grove builder was convicted and fined $25,000 over an incident in which a plasterer suffered severe spinal injuries and a fractured skull...

Trivia challenge gets Ned on the move

By LUKE VOOGT OCEAN Grove teenager Ned Weatherly is off to the World under-20 Athletics Championships in Poland thanks to $4050 raised at a local...

Woman wanted over thefts

POLICE are searching for a woman after a truck theft in Point Lonsdale and purchases with a stolen credit card in Ocean Grove. The truck...

Corangamite counts down

As part of our 2016 Election coverage the Voice asked the Corangamite candidates questions about crime, housing, infrastructure and the environment in Ocean Grove. Click...

Libby Coker – Australian Labor Party

  I have lived in Aireys Inlet for 30 years and am passionate about this region and the people who live here. I have been a...

Michael Lawrence – Independent

  I ASKED myself after three weeks of this election campaign what’s going to change the ‘opposition for oppositions sake’ culture of politics? The black...

Andy Meddick – Animal Justice Party

  At the Animal Justice Party we do not want to form government. Rather, we’re looking to pressure the major parties to follow through with...

Out & about

It's starting to feel a bit like summer and Voice photographer Ivan Kemp needed no persuading to venture down to Ocean Grove main beach...