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Raise a finger bun against breast cancer
Bakers Delight is calling on Ocean Grove residents to give breast cancer the finger bun, as part of its annual Pink Bun campaign which raises…
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A friendly hand is just the treat
Ocean Grove Bellarine Parkinson’s support group enjoyed a talk from Parkinson’s Victoria clinical nurse consultant Victor McConvey. Mr McConvey spoke to around 70 people at…
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Fighting injustice for 40 years
By Rhonda Matheson-Browne For 40 years, a visionary group of Ocean Grove locals been a spiritual force behind Oxfam sales, raising $132,000 to fight extreme…
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The name on everyone’s lips
Mr Grubb continues to offer great early evening family dining options for locals and a lunch menu that has something for everyone. The team at…
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A last flush of sunshine
There’s been some lovely autumn sunshine over the last few weeks, mainly when I have been working, so I could only look longingly out the…
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All on board for 40-year celebrations
During the early months of 1977, local surfers Doug Showell, Graham Cox, Errol Aitken and Bob Berg approached Leigh Middleton, proprietor of the Sunshine Surf…
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Works to begin on $24 million aged care facility
TLC Healthcare has awarded the contract to build their redevelopment project at Homestead Estate in Wallington to Ireland Brown Constructions and principal consultants Baldasso Cortese.…
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All-round sports performer
Amalee Freestone received an Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Local Sporting Champion award from Sarah Henderson at a presentation recently. This was for being selected…
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Trivia night carries the fight
Locals Ros Claringbold and Lloyd Smith are taking part in the 2017 ChallengeMD! Goldfields 400km Bike Ride to raise funds for Muscular Dystrophy. Ocean Grove…
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Something good happens when these ‘legends’ gather
By Justin Flynn A group of close-knit mates has helped raise $825 for Beyondblue in the form of a Baby Boomers reunion, held at Easter.…
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90 years young
By Justin Flynn Magda Lowey has just turned 90 and loves her life more each day. Magda has lived in Ocean Grove for 39 years…
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Brimming with dam fine habitat
It’s been a busy few weeks for me so I haven’t had much time to go out and about, and when I have had time…