News
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Fair effort gets good results
St Peter’s Anglican Church held its annual fair with a huge turn out. Several thousand fair goers enjoyed the stalls, kids activities, food and drink…
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Rethink your rubbish trail, Captain’s orders
Captain Trash hits the streets of Ocean Grove on Remembrance Day weekend to help spread the message of plastic pollution. Captain Trash is the alter…
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Stingers out in the surf
Beachgoers have been urged to be on the lookout for bluebottles. Reports of bluebottles on Surf Coast beaches last week and several sightings near Ocean…
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Cottage gets support by the carload
Ocean Grove Evening VIEW Club has supported The Cottage By The Sea in Queenscliff during Anti Poverty Week. Members were asked to donate foodstuff and…
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Teagan’s on track for state team
Wallington Primary School student Teagan Zurawel has been selected for the School Sport Victoria track and field team. Teagan was selected after a process that…
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Flapper’s poppy tour of duty
Ocean Grove’s very own celebrity chook Flapper paid her respects to our fallen Diggers in the lead-up to Remembrance Day. Flapper wandered around a garden…
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Big ‘yes’ vote in Corangamite
Corangamite voters returned a 71.6 per cent ’yes’ vote to the same-sex marriage survey. That figure was well above the national average of 61.6 per…
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Ocean Grove silent in remembrance
Ocean Grovers paid their respects to our fallen Diggers on 11 November. A Remembrance Day service was held at Ocean Grove Park. Pastor Phillip Christian…
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Exams, emails and the social season
The weather has become warm, with some beautiful clear days. I’ve been busy helping my daughter, who is undertaking her Year 12 exams, so I…
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Have a say about dogs on beaches
Barwon Coast, in partnership with other organisations including Victoria Police and City of Greater Geelong, are launching a new campaign called ShareOurShores. The campaign aims…
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Entries open for swim fest
Back again after last year’s successful inaugural event, registrations for the Ocean Grove Surf Lifesaving Club Swim Festival are now open. Not only a huge…
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Swell results for local Groms
Barwon Heads surfers dominated the Ocean Grove stop of the Woolworths Surf Groms. In the small tricky conditions Zeph Lamperd and Ellie Harrison claimed the…