Sunday, January 17, 2016

Geelong avoids train ban and other top stories.

  • Geelong avoids train ban

    Geelong avoids train ban
    V/Line’s VLocity trains have been banned from using the metropolitan network.GEELONG commuters have been spared the travel chaos of other regional rail lines after V/Line’s new VLocity trains were barred from using the metropolitan network. Hundreds of V/Line customers travelling on the Gippsland line are set to be dumped at outer suburban Pakenham due to the train ban.V/Line’s new VLocity trains were barred from using the metropolitan network after a train passed through a level crossing at Dov..
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  • Geelong lures former A-League star Izzy Erdogan

    GEELONG has landed the jewel in its crown, securing ­former A-League defender Izzy Erdogan for this season.Erdogan was officially ­announced as a Geelong ­player yesterday with the club working hard to get his signature after learning he was ­moving to the region.The 33-year-old played 13 games with Adelaide United before having an outstanding six years with NPL outfit Hume City.Coach Steve Laurie said ­Erdogan would play as a ­defensive midfielder.“It’s a huge, huge coup for the club. He is a f..
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  • McDonald's super-sized knock

    McDonald's super-sized knock
    Geelong’s Josh McDonald keeping before making his rapid century. Picture: Alison WyndJOSH McDonald made an astonishing return to form, cracking a century off less than 60 balls as Geelong moved within striking distance of a second-straight victory.McDonald, who had scored just 135 runs prior to Saturday’s 105 from 59 balls, relished a last-minute decision to open the batting and put the Cats in the box seat against Melbourne Uni.With opener Tom Treble forced to Geelong Hospital with a dislocated..
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  • Musos back to basics in garden gigs

    Musos back to basics in garden gigs
    Acoustic at Hector creative members, Alister Turrill, Andrea Ficara, Sara De La Cruz, Kane Sherriff, Josh Carter, Jesse Leaman and Nicholas Hinks. Picture: Mike DugdaleIN THE backyard of a Geelong West home, an underground music movement is growing.Andrea Ficara, one third of AAH collective with Jesse Leaman and Sara De La Cruz, first started hosting free backyard gigs at his Hector St house in November.The Acoustic @ Hector project took off, and saw a selection of local acts perform stripped ba..
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  • Historic stand to survive arson attack

    Historic stand to survive arson attack
    Former timekeeper Kevin Kirby was sad to see the damage to the old grandstand. Picture: Peter RistevskiGEELONG West Oval’s historic grandstand remains structurally sound after an arson attack and will be saved.Swift firefighting response and bluestone walls appear to have helped preserve the 90 year-old structure, to the relief of club veterans.A timber timekeeper’s box built on to the stand was ruined after the attack on January 6 and stairs were also damaged.Geelong CIU detectives are continui..
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  • Police hunt cop shop fire bug

    Police hunt cop shop fire bug
    Crime And CourtPolice search for man who set Geelong police station bushes on fireJanuary 18, 2016 1:04pmERIN PEARSONPOLICEGeelong Advertiser
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  • Dream solution hopefully moving closer

    Dream solution hopefully moving closer
    Lawrence Elms’ vision for a $1.2 billion complex at Limeburners Point.I WONDER why there has been little excited response to the announcement a couple of weeks back by Environment Minister Lisa Neville that “good news is on the horizon” in relation to the long-sought, but elusive Geelong convention and exhibition centre?How many decades have the people of this region been requesting governments of all political persuasions to help create such a centre here?Was it only 15 months ago that then Lib..
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  • Embattled town's only servo to shut

    Embattled town's only servo to shut
    Cars crowd Lorne’s BP service station during a busy summer weekend. Pictures: Cormac HanrahanBP will pull out of its Lorne service station, leaving the town without a fuel outlet and the Great Ocean Road without any bowsers between Aireys Inlet and Apollo Bay.Yesterday Corangamite MP Sarah Henderson demanded the decision be overturned, ­citing unacceptable treatment of the community during this critical bushfire danger ­period.“I am outraged at BP’s ­actions, which show a callous disregard for L..
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  • Shark the size of Jaws causes stir

    Shark the size of Jaws causes stir
    The picture of the seven-metre shark spotted on Sunday. Picture: Shark Alerts SASHARK sightings are common at this time of the year — but a seven-metre great white spotted at Marino Rocks on Sunday, forcing the evacuation of swimmers, has really caused a stir.Surf Lifesaving Australia says the huge shark — about the same size as the fictional monster that terrorised folk in the Jaws movies — was seen about 200m offshore at Marino Rocks.The Westpac Lifesaver Rescue helicopter tried to herd the sh..
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  • New linen fashion label of love for Hayley

    New linen fashion label of love for Hayley
    An Aitch O design by Hayley O’Grady.FASHION designer Hayley O’Grady, who specialises in wearable linen garments in natural tones, says she could use a sewing machine before she could ride a bike. The 22-year-old Gordon graduate loves the fast pace of the creative industry and watching a sketch on paper quite literally materialise into an item of clothing.She calls the process in between idea and completion a design rollercoaster. But the result makes the journey worth it.Hayley launched her labe..
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