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Recognising service during bushfires
A Leopold woman has received a National Emergency Medal for her service to the community during the 2019/2020 bushfires. Leopold Fire Bridgae member Kate Conway…
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A boost for the arts
The Ocean Grove Film Society is a fantastic example of what can be achieved when locals with a shared interest band together to pursue a…
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Eastern spinebills make an appearance
The daylight hours are shorter and nights are cooler, which has prompted some movements of birds from mountainous regions to the Bellarine. I haven’t seen…
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Big brother gives Prado a lift
The pride of the Toyota SUV parade, the Prado, is showing off a new stiff upper lip thanks to TNGA-F architecture shared with its bigger…
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From the Archives
7 years ago April 25 to May 8, 2018 Ocean Grove’s new Commonwealth Games silver medallist was told he’d never walk normally again after a…
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Big win for Ivan
Local photographer Ivan Kemp has won the Queenscliff Art Prize for portrait photography. Mr Kemp, whose work graces the pages of the Ocean Grove Voice…
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Community calendar
Destash market Sunday April 27, 8.30am, Parks Hall, 87 Newcombe St, Portarlington. Gold coin entry, indoor venue. Social Sunday Portarlington Neighbourhood House, Sunday April 27,…
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Painting the way through Easter
Hundreds of artworks and photos will line the walls of Christian College’s music, sports and performing arts centre this Easter weekend. Bellarine North Rotary Club…
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Eyes in the sky
Choppers will be a regular sight in the skies over the Bellarine, Geelong and the Surf Coast in coming weeks as Powercor conducts aerial scanning…
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Lest we forget
Anzac Day services and ceremonies will be held on April 25. It was 110 years ago (1915) that our brave ANZAC sons landed at Gallipoli…
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Living with a brain injury
Leopold’s Kirsten Macdonald recently won the international Literary Titan Book Award for her second poetry collection, Orphic Wonder. Jena Carr speaks with the poet and…
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A quacking good time
Witness the Barwon River’s ‘yellow waterfall’ as thousands of ducks fall from the footbridge this Easter Saturday. Rotary Club of Ocean Grove will host the…