Learning the lay of the land
By LUKE VOOGT
SURFSIDE Primary School’s Djarreeyn Learning Area is beginning to take shape, as the parents behind the project continue their efforts.
One of the...
Keeping it crisp
CASSIE and Wes took ownership of Marketplace Fish and Chips just more than two years ago.
They love living in Ocean Grove because it...
Intersection to light up
VICROADS will begin the construction of traffic lights on the Marlin Drive and Tuckfield Street intersection next month.
Regional director Mark Koliba said VicRoads had...
Friends can help with loss of cherished pet
CHERISHED Pets Foundation held its first-ever Pet Bereavement session at Ocean Grove Neighbourhood Centre last Tuesday.
Cherished Pets founder Alicia Kennedy said the event was...
Part of the family for a berry long time
FOR Wallington Primary students and sisters, Jessica, Emilia and Briella Considine, the school’s Strawberry Fair has long been a part of their family.
Their grandparents...
Sign slip worth the trip
OCEAN Grove resident Niki Hines came across this sign in Riviera Crescent and found it quite amusing.
“What footpath - there are none either side...
Rains make wetlands live again
By JEN CARR
THE heavens opened on 27 January with a force not seen for years, turning drylands into wetlands again.
At least Bellarine ducks and...
Voice on holiday in New Zealand
OCEAN Grove resident Marlene Ross recently took The Voice with her on a cruise around New Zealand. Here she is aboard the Golden Princess.
Dot’s now a poet of note
By LUKE VOOGT
OCEAN Grove resident Dot Whitehead won an Australia-wide poetry award last month, beating hundreds of aspiring writers from around the country.
Dot won...
The ride of their lives
By LUKE VOOGT
WITH riding sessions beginning next month, Barwon Riding for the Disabled (RDA) is searching for new volunteers to bring equine joy to...
Divers ready for search of plane wreckage
A VESSEL arrived at Williamstown on Friday afternoon to search the wreckage of a plane which crashed off the coast of Point Lonsdale last...
Lions bring some relief
LOCAL Lions Club president Lloyd Smith and fellow member Bill Willocks travelled to Lorne this month to donate $7000 to fire-stricken households.
Lloyd said the...
Transport options lacking for young people
The Bellarine Peninsula’s transport issues were one of the focuses of the 2024 Geelong Youth Council’s final report this month.
Junior Mayor Hteemoo Yohellaymusaw presented...
