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Group lends a helping hand
THE Ocean Grove Evening VIEW Club’s initiative this year was to donate goods to Diversitat’s ‘New Arrival Support Program’ to be distributed to refugee families…
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Nature at rest
SEALS are once again becoming a regular sight along Ocean Grove’s coastline. While seals spend most of their time at sea or on offshore islands,…
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Scouts ready to raise the stakes for Christmas
THE Ocean Grove Scout Group will hold its annual Christmas tree sale on 3 December at Ocean Grove Park. The Christmas tree sale is the…
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Girls get on board for surf skills
THE Surfing for Girls program kicked off at Ocean Grove with over 40 girls participating at the opening location. The eight-location program covers the whole…
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Brickie steps up for perfect fix
THE Ocean Grove Rotary Club adopted the Lookout Reserve back in 2008 and has since installed various amenities – including the six local history panels…
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It’s the feat of the feet
The annual Relay for Life was held on the weekend with almost $65,000 being raised for cancer research. The event kicked off at noon on…
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Keira’s the new darling of the arts
OCEAN Grove could have its next budding international artist on its hands. Five-year-old Keira Charleston beat 1500 other entrants to win a gold medal in…
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Men targetted
By Justin Flynn TARGET has defended its decision to stop selling menswear from its Ocean Grove store. Target Country stopped selling men’s clothes several weeks…
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Cafe enjoys the golden touch
THE Driftwood Cafe in Ocean Grove has won a Golden Plate award for the Best Licensed Cafe. At a ceremony held at Little Creatures in…
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Nature to inspire the ‘write’ stuff
THE Barwon Estuary Project reaches out to all those interested in the biodiversity and health of the Barwon River estuary. Communities (both permanent and temporary)…
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Guide gets it right, mostly
THE Bellarine Peninsula has been named the ninth-best value destination in the world by iconic travel guidebook Lonely Planet. Kyosk Cafe and Napona were the…
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Olympian Chris aims to get kids moving
By Justin Flynn OCEAN Grove Olympian Chris Erickson believes the key to getting kids to be more active starts at home. Erickson, 34, finished 10th…