Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Last Top Stories: Geelong heavyweights call for city to become permanent soccer home

  • Geelong heavyweights call for city to become permanent soccer home

    Geelong  heavyweights call for city to become permanent soccer home
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  • Print scholar Dr Colin Holden sheds light on Jessie Traill exhibition ...

    Print scholar Dr Colin Holden sheds light on Jessie Traill exhibition  ...
    Print scholar Dr Colin Holden sheds light on Jessie Traill exhibition at Geelong Art GalleryArt and DesignWhats on MelbourneBuilding the Harbour Bridge VI: Nearly complete, June 1931, by Jesse Traill. Summer generally boosts Geelong Art Gallery's attendances, with well-conceived exhibitions making it worth pulling off the highway to the Surf Coast.An upcoming talk by print scholar Dr Colin Holden throws light on Jessie Traill, an Australian artist with a fascinating history.Traill worked as ..
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  • Wait over as students celebrate top results

    Wait over as students celebrate top results
    Kardinia International College Students Thomas Abrehart, Conor Morris, Jarrah Saunders, Eugene Lynch, Ryan Hill and Isabelle Lee all received an ATAR above 99. Picture: Nigel HallettGEELONG students completing the International Baccalaureate, a world-recognised alternative to the VCE, have performed well above the international average.Almost 100 students from Kardinia International College and Geelong Grammar last year completed the IB, with their results posted on Sunday.The median IB score at..
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  • Holiday hoons horrify cops

    Holiday hoons horrify cops
    MORE than 400 driving offences were detected on Geelong and Surf Coast roads over the Christmas-New Year break, including 22 drink drivers.Horrified police have condemned the numbers and have vowed to continue their summer crackdown to ensure motorists arrive at their destinations safely, after the results of Operation Roadwise produced almost 20 law-breakers a day.Across Greater Geelong police nabbed four drug drivers, 20 without licences, 128 speeders and 38 motorists behind the wheel of unreg..
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  • Knee issues see top ruckman on the move

    Knee issues see top ruckman on the move
    Levi Dare has left Colac to play with Cobden.PREMIERSHIP ruckman Levi Dare hasn’t ruled out returning to Colac after signing with Hampden Football League club Cobden.Dare, who put pen to paper with the Bombers on Monday, revealed his recovery from a serious knee injury — and a likely mid-season return — was a major factor in his decision to leave the Tigers.“It just came down to my knee,” Dare said.“If my knee was good I’d still be playing with Colac. I definitely still have the desire to play G..
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  • Angels in the sky lead immense fight

    Angels in the sky lead immense fight
    An Elvis helicopter picks up ocean water to protect homes in Wye River.EMERGENCY services have flown equivalent of Australia’s biggest single aerial firefight defending Great Ocean Road communities during Black Christmas.Hailed as “angels in the sky”, a fleet of more than dozen fixed wing planes and helicopters dumped many millions of litres of water and retardant a day on a blaze rated alongside Black Saturday and Ash Wednesday for intensity.Chiefs have praised their skill and precise work in s..
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  • High Five series: Footscray/Western Bulldogs' best wins since 1970

    High Five series: Footscray/Western Bulldogs' best wins since 1970
    Nathan Eagleton and Rohan Smith of the Western Bulldogs celebrate at the final siren after they defeated Essendon in round 21 in season 2000.Photo: Vince CaligiuriSeven times since 1970, the Bulldogs have made the preliminary final. Seven times they have lost. That pretty much sums up why it's best to look at home and away games when trying to find the Dogs' top moments of the modern era. Thankfully there have been more than a few worthy contenders.1. Essendon v Western Bulldogs, Round 21, 2000,..
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  • Paralympian celebrates to the Max

    Paralympian celebrates to the Max
    GEELONG Paralympian Kelly Cartwright has welcomed a baby boy.Paralympian Kelly Cartwright with new baby Max. Photo: InstagramThe gold medallist and firefighter partner Ryan Miller met 2.8kg Max William Miller at 1.17pm on January 4.Cartwright, 26, reached 40 weeks and 5 days and made no secret of her desire to meet her little one as soon as possible, asking Instagram followers for their suggestions on how to induce labour and writing about eating pineapple and curry laksa hoping to prompt him to..
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  • How women are destroying themselves

    How women are destroying themselves
    Dangerous perspective ... Women are increasingly over-critical of their own appearance and weight. Picture: ThinkstockHEALTH experts warn women’s impulse to criticise their own bodies is dangerously intensifying after a new study found the average woman puts herself down at least eight times each day.Social media has been blamed for driving a widespread increase in self-judgment as the survey of 2000 British women revealed one in seven were slagging themselves off frequently through the day.And ..
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  • Regular driver testing may help reduce accidents

    Regular driver testing may help reduce accidents
    The elderly Mr Magoo is near-sighted and gets into sticky situations.IT’S an all too familiar story: A crumpled car being removed from a shop window or a house.The most repetitive part of the scenario is that theperson behind the wheel is elderly.While such accidents can be the result of a medical episode, more often than not the driver has simply confused their brake for the accelerator.Perhaps the drivers had noticed cars often beep at them. Maybe they prefer to travel with someone helping gau..
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