Shopping trolley has disability covered
PARENTS and carers who have children with a disability can now access a specially designed supermarket trolley at Coles in Ocean Grove.
The introduction of...
Hive of bird activity
Jen Carr, jennifer.carr6@bigpond.com
AT the time of writing this, it hasn’t rained for weeks. I think a rain dance is really required, and I hope...
Fitness trainer has more in mind
OCEAN Grove’s Max Jacobs recently started a personal training business, which he hopes will help curb rates of depression in the construction industry.
The 25-year-old...
Call for funds for massive footpath project
By LUKE VOOGT
THE Ocean Grove Community Association is calling for State and Federal funding for what will likely be the town’s largest footpath project...
Rates could rise above State cap
YEARLY rates rises in Ocean Grove may increase after Geelong Council recently applied for an average rate rise of 3.5 per cent.
The council applied...
Mystery surrounds penguin deaths
By LUKE VOOGT
OCEAN Grove residents made some heartbreaking and mysterious discoveries recently, finding several dead fairy penguins washed up on local beaches.
Simon Jackson saw...
Don’t mess with our streets
By LUKE VOOGT
OCEAN Grove locals have taken to social media to vent their frustration at rubbish left lying around the town over Easter.
Kylie Burgess...
Healthy funding pool up for grabs
BELLARINE Community Health (BCH) recently launched a $1.2 million community grants program to improve health and wellbeing on the Bellarine.
The health service intends to...
Hats off to the veterans of Long Tan
By LUKE VOOGT
OCEAN Grove Barwon Heads RSL will honour Vietnam veterans this Anzac Day to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Long Tan.
The Battle of...
The novelty never ends
AWARD-winning artists Mic Conway and Matthew Fagan will bring their “unusual” talents to the Bellarine in a once-only show at the Potato Shed this...
A mystery in every line
By LUKE VOOGT
FOR Ocean Grove author Dorothy Johnston, writing plot twists is as mysterious for her as for her characters and readers.
“I don’t know...
Battin for our firies
By LUKE VOOGT
STATE Shadow Emergency Services Minister Brad Battin brought the debate for firefighters’ rights to Ocean Grove recently, signing a pledge for presumptive...
Step back in time to Laurel Canyon
Sell-out show Songs from the Canyon comes to Geelong for the first time since its inception in 2022.
Featuring renowned Australian singers and musicians such...
