Police yet to identify pedestrian killed on Geelong Road and other top stories

Police yet to identify pedestrian killed on Geelong Road

A man who was hit and killed by a truck in Brooklyn two weeks ago has not yet been identified. The man, believed to be between 30 and 50 years old, was killed while crossing Geelong Road about 1.45am on February 17. It was the same day that 23-year-old ... >> view original

Gold Coast Suns beat Geelong by eight points in preseason match in Townsville

With skipper Gary Ablett among a high-profile list of exclusions, a second-string Suns outfit held on for an encouraging eight-point victory over Geelong at Townsville's Tony Ireland Stadium on Sunday. Faces old and new starred with Michael Rischitelli ... >> view original

Geelong youngster Lincoln McCarthy to miss most of season 2015 due to foot ...

Luckless Geelong youngster Lincoln McCarthy is set to have another season ruined by injury after confirmation on Tuesday that he will have foot surgery. The 21-year-old is expected to be sidelined for up to five months, which means he won't be ... >> view original

Geelong Mayor Darryn Lyons advises Wyndham councillors to be more like him

In contrast, since the start of Cr Lyons' term in November 2013, the City of Greater Geelong has received $23.4 million from the governments for road upgrades, including $12.9 million from the State Government to duplicate Pioneer Rd and upgrade bus ... >> view original

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

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

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

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