North Geelong scores talented Burakhan Koca
Oakleigh‘s Dean Piemonte and Avondale‘s Burakhan Koca behind. Picture: Susan WindmillerNORTH Geelong has made its first move for the pre-season, signing attacking Avondale Heights player Burakhan Koca.Koca is the first of four signatures the NPL1 club is expected to announce over the next seven days.The attacking midfielder, who can also play as a striker, chased down the Warriors as he searched for first team football away from the NPL’s Avondale Heights.“A couple of players at the club, Vito (..>> view originalUnemployment drops to four-year low
GEELONG’S unemployment figures have dropped dramatically and are the lowest in four years, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. ABS figures from the last quarter of 2015 showed unemployment almost halved, dropping to just 3.6 per cent, down from 7.1 per cent the year before.For the same period in 2012 the unemployment figure hit 6.9 per cent.But between September and November last year more than 15,000 people were employed within the region.The numbers also show that the city’s une..>> view originalTrain crash sparks rail chaos
CFA crews work to clear aThe car that lost control on La Trobe Terraceand crashed near the railway line. Picture: Mike DugdaleA WOMAN in her twenties has narrowly avoided serious injury after flipping her car and landing next to the Geelong railway line in wet conditions.Emergency services were called to the intersection of Mercer St and Princes Highway after reports a car was on its side, about 9.30am Friday.More train pain was in store for commuters after V/Line temporarily halted line service..>> view originalMayor lists libraries in asset sale plans
Make us an offer: Geelong Mayor Darryn LyonsMAYOR Darryn Lyons says Geelong councillors must seriously consider selling “under-utilised” council assets, including suburban libraries, to boost the city’s bottom line.Speaking to the Geelong Advertiser in his first week of official duties for the year, Cr Lyons said funds from asset sales could be injected into new infrastructure and exciting initiatives, including the annual Christmas extravaganza.“One big thing the council seriously needs to ..>> view originalDirt bike hoons leave Geelong man with broken ribs after hit-and-run
Video Geelong man lucky to be alive after run down by illegal dirt bike hoons Hoons riding illegal dirt bikes down a Geelong street have run a man down and left him for dead.65-year-old Michael Edwards is lucky to be alive after two men on dirt bikes knocked him down and left him lying on the footpath.Michael Edwards was the victim of two dirt bike hoons. Photo: 7NewsThe hit-and-run took place in the suburb of Norlane and Mr Edwards said things would have been worse if he hadn’t attempted to ..>> view originalPicket spears windscreen in stolen car crash
A picket went through the windscreen of the stolen car. Picture: Peter RistevskiA DISQUALIFIED learner driver who drove a stolen car at up to 100km/h along a Geelong West street before crashing through a picket fence and into a veranda has escaped being sent to jail.Kyle Thynne leaves court.The impact of the Waratah St crash sent a picket straight through the windscreen of the stolen car, narrowly missing the head of the front seat passenger, a Geelong court heard on Thursday.The offences occurr..>> view originalArrested teens may hold keys to more burgs
THREE teenagers are facing a string of burglary-related charges after being arrested inside a business at Geelong West.Sergeant Michael Keddie said police were called to the address about 5am on Thursday after reports in the preceding hours of numerous Geelong West house break-ins in which car keys were stolen.The 17-year-old Norlane youths were arrested at the scene and taken back to Geelong police station for questioning.Two have since been released and are expected to be charged on summons wh..>> view originalSpiral staircases that come with a twist
RECENTLY the Split Point Lighthouse keepers’ cottage, the filming location for TV series Round the Twist, came onto the market in Aireys Inlet.But it’s not the only property with a twist in the area.Realestate has noticed several impressive properties around town that boast a spiral staircase, including at least one outdoor offering that has more than a passing resemblance to a stairway to the heavens.The converted warehouse at 39 Baylie Pl, Geelong, gives very few hints of what is inside when v..>> view original16 fours, six sixes in super century
Josh McDonald made 105 from 59 balls for Geelong. Picture: Mitch BearEAMONN Vines had the “best seat in the house”. And the Geelong skipper described Josh McDonald’s staggering century — 105 from 59 balls — as the finest knock he’d witnessed.“It was the cleanest hitting I’ve ever seen,” Vines said.“A hundred of his runs came in boundaries ... that’s how well he was striking them. It was just incredible.”McDonald, a Shepparton product who was recruited from Richmond, flayed the Melbourne Uni atta..>> view original'I could be dead': hit-run victim's horror
Hit-run victim Michael Edwards thought he was going to die after he was hit by a dirt bike. Picture: Mitch BearA NORLANE man says he thought he was going to die when a dirt bike rider ran him down during a late night hit-run in Geelong’s north. Police say the incident may have been deliberate after the rider allegedly drove along Alkira Ave before turning around and running down 65-year-old Michael Edwards on the footpath.The former furniture delivery man was left bleeding on the ground and unab..>> view original
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