Tag: News
Vibrant shopping strip in the east
THE Garden Street/Ormond Road shopping strip in East Geelong is a vibrant and diverse shopping experience that I can highly recommend.
If you’re just after...
Dignity in each gift
By LUKE VOOGT
TWO Ocean Grove stores are encouraging shoppers to support homeless and at-risk women, through new charity Share the Dignity.
Coles and the local...
Teenage art shows class
Geelong teenagers entered more than 100 artworks into the Ocean Grove Neighbourhood Centre Youth Art Show, held earlier this month.
Local artist Bill Linford and...
Car flips, rolls into ditch
A MAN in his nineties had a lucky escape on Monday 4 April when his car rolled into a ditch in Wallington.
Sergeant Mike Knight...
Overnight burglaries at Ocean Grove
By LUKE VOOGT
BURGLARS have again targeted Ocean Grove stores in two overnight burglaries this month.
Two people broke into Pretty’s Prime Cuts at 3am on...
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...
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...
Trees with all the trimmings
Decking the halls with boughs of holly is all very well, but if you’re looking to shake up your yuletide style and set yourself...
