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Geelong Magistrate Ronald Saines caught travelling at more than 25km/h over ...

Senior Geelong Magistrate Ronald Saines was caught travelling at more than 25km/h over the limit, leading to an automatic 28-day suspension. The magistrate, who has berated dangerous drivers who appeared before him, was forced to explain himself to ... >> view original

Super trawler proponents to bring controversial fishing vessel to Geelong

A fresh plan to bring a massive factory freezer fishing boat to Australian waters has been met with opposition from marine campaigners. The 95-metre, Dutch-managed Dirk Dirk, which has been renamed Geelong Star, is coming to the country and will make ... >> view original

Chris Scott's Geelong continue to prove a mystery within a riddle

Chris Scott knows what everyone wants to know about Geelong. He didn't need to be asked. The same question has hung over his team since Mark Thompson bequeathed him a champion team entering its twilight. Scott himself posed the perennial question: ... >> view original

A foodies' guide to Geelong

Go full throttle south-west from Melbourne and a little over an hour away, you'll start rolling into Geelong, Victoria's second biggest city, and a good-looking one at that. Undulating historic streets are peppered with grand homes overlooking a pretty ... >> view original

Hawthorn, Sydney, Port Adelaide head the pack: Geelong coach Chris Scott

Geelong coach Chris Scott agrees that Hawthorn, Sydney and Port Adelaide deserve to be rated slightly ahead of the pack in this year's premiership race, but says the Cats can still contend for the flag in 2015. Scott suggested that the competition ... >> view original

Mitch Clark to start as forward at Geelong

When Geelong were deciding whether or not to take a punt on Mitch Clark, it was very helpful to know that coach Chris Scott had an ace up his sleeve. Scott's last two years as a Brisbane player in 2006-07 coincided with Clark's first two seasons on the ... >> view original

Emergency services could not have prevented fatal Geelong crash, coroner rules

Police could not have prevented a drunken car crash that killed five people on the Princes Freeway near Geelong in 2012 despite dozens of calls to triple-0 before the incident, a coroner has found. Sarah Dale, 32, was driving the wrong way along the ... >> view original

Environment groups say no to Seafish Tasmania's factory freezer trawler the ...

Two years after a Tasmanian company was banned from operating a massive supertrawler in Australian waters, it's back with a smaller ship. Seafish Tasmania's 95-metre freezer vessel, the Geelong Star, has been given preliminary approval to access the ... >> view original

Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race: Geelong businesses hope to cash in

Businesses in the Geelong region are hoping to be amongst the winners at the inaugural Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race this weekend. Evans, the 2011 Tour de France winner, will retire from professional cycling after the elite men's race on Sunday. >> view original

Andrew Mackie says Geelong remain a premiership contender, still have 'passion'

Mackie yesterday faced the annual Geelong question — can this club continue to transition and contend — and answered emphatically in the affirmative. The triple premiership player might have been speaking at a waterslide park to complete the club's ... >> view original