News
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Respect starts early at Woodlands
WOODLANDS House Childcare celebrated National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day recently. The children enjoyed a discussion about flags which were then raised up…
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Social response makes Heather’s day
By JUSTIN FLYNN NOT in her wildest dreams did Heather Edsall ever think that a simple Facebook post would turn into something so huge. Heather,…
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Eye on the Olympics
Barwon Heads surfer Billy Harrison is one potential future surfing Olympic medallist having been in the Team Australia camp at the Hurley Surfing Australia High…
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Kindness to warm the heart
By JUSTIN FLYNN SOMETIMES the simplest of gestures can evoke the biggest response. And that’s where three separate organisations have come together to help. Encompass…
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Getting on with business
THREE Ocean Grove businesswomen displayed their products at the recent Geelong Women in Business expo. The event was a great success, with all exhibitor spaces…
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Flying Brick on 10-day Variety Bash
The ‘Flying Brick’ is ready for action. The iconic cider house in Wallington will be represented in the 26th Variety Bash, which began last week…
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Magical memoirs, a good read
By JUSTIN FLYNN Ocean Grover Alan Cobham decided to put his innermost thoughts into a book, and now has the finished product to share. Alan’s…
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Warmer nights in the pipeline
KINGSTON estate residents who shivered through two gas outages last month will be relieved to know that new pipelines are being installed by their gas…
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The five per cent difference
Women’s Div 1 Surfside Waves 1 vs Barwon 0 THAT extra five per cent effort makes all the difference. In a hard-fought contest, great football…
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Trees face chop
By LUKE VOOGT THE Ocean Grove Community Association has expressed its concern for the town’s Grubb Road gateway, after a recent application to remove 150…
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Walk the estuary
THE Barwon Estuary Project combines arts and science to increase the local community’s understanding, appreciation and care for the biodiversity of the Barwon estuary. The…
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Speedsters given a bin reminder
Ocean Grove residents are being urged to help make streets safer by having ‘Life Saving’ stickers pasted to their garbage wheelie bins. Australia is on…