News
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Our team at the fires
By LUKE VOOGT SEVERAL volunteer firefighters from Ocean Grove travelled to the Otways this summer to help fight bushfires that devastated the region. First Lieutenant…
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It’s the camp of fun
FOUR Ocean Grove youngsters enjoyed five days of fun and adventure at the Licola Wilderness Village this month. Surfside Primary’s Lauchie enjoyed the giant swing,…
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Medal detectors
By LUKE VOOGT MP Sarah Henderson recognised three local primary students as “leaders of tomorrow” last month, awarding them the Corangamite Medal. Wallington Primary’s Bayley…
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Sisters of the art
By LUKE VOOGT OCEAN Grove’s Lynette Weeks is one of “Four Sisters” exhibiting their art this year, in a series of galleries in the Bellarine…
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Search for necklace
AN OCEAN Grove resident is desperately searching for a sentimental necklace, which may have been accidentally donated to a local op shop. Karen, who did…
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Snakes are about
BARWON Coast is asking beachgoers to stay clear of dunes and keep their distance from the region’s copperhead snakes. “At present the lowland copperhead snake…
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Netball’s new page
By LUKE VOOGT FANS of netball fiction will rejoice this year, with Ocean Grove writer Bernadette Hellard set to release two new books in her…
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Chemistry on the line
By LUKE VOOGT WALLINGTON local and new mother Amelia McCutcheon launched a free online tutorial this month to help VCE students improve their chemistry. “I…
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Sally finds her angels
By LUKE VOOGT BARWON Heads resident Sally Smith last week finally got to thank three brave women, who saved her life just days before Christmas.…
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Off on an African adventure
OCEAN Grove travel agent Nicole Brian is already busy planning her next big trip to Africa this September, with three families signed up already. “You’ve…
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A fair of tranquility
By LUKE VOOGT ROUGHLY 6000 locals and tourists attended the 19th Tranquillity Fair last Saturday, which organisers have hailed as one of the most successful…
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Beach heroes sought
By LUKE VOOGT BARWON Heads resident Sally Smith is searching for five heroic beach-goers, who she says saved her life just days before Christmas. Sally,…