Geelong's Best Busker competition heats up on Little Malop St
Geelong's Best Busker competition has seen performances from talented artists such as Sandino Borges (Brazil) and Georgia Ollier (Tasmania). Picture: Glenn Ferguson.THE hunt is on for Geelong’s best busker and Sandino Borges has high hopes his years of wooing street crowds across a handful of South American countries will put him in good stead to win the competition.For two days this week, and with two more to go, Little Malop St central has been buzzing with musicians vying for the title.Borges..>> view originalMoney doesn't grow on floating trees
ENVIRONMENT Minister Lisa Neville has slammed a council idea to place advertising on Geelong’s floating Christmas tree, claiming she doesn’t want to “spoil” the waterfront with commercialism.Ms Neville poured cold water on the potential move to allow sponsors to offset the cost of the tree, which is predicted to blow out to $500,000 annually.Minister Lisa Neville doesn’t want to “spoil” the waterfront with commercialism. Picture: Chris Eastman.The Bellarine MP has final veto of the decision thro..>> view originalCats star moves forward for suicide prevention
Cat Mitch Clark will lead a Geelong contingent of motorcyclists to raise awareness for suicide prevention. Picture: Mitch Bear.GEELONG Cats ruckman Mitch Clark is hitting the road to raise awareness of depression.The Cats star will lead a Geelong contingent of motorcyclists next month for the Black Dog Ride, which is a national health project aimed at suicide prevention.Clark, who has had a well-documented battle with depression, has encouraged people to take part in the two-hour ride, leaving..>> view originalJ/111s Top Geelong Festival of Sails
(Geelong, Australia)- Two J/111’s were featured in the Geelong “Festival of Sails” that sees 225 boats compete on flat water with strong breezes. This is the largest regatta held in the Southern hemisphere and typically sees all of the fastest offshore racing teams from around the eastern parts of Australia participate in a week long festival offshore. In the first passage race of 36 miles the two J/111s dominated, winning their class in lighter breeze building to 18 knots. Three wind..>> view originalV/Line crisis: Tracks on $3.65b Regional Rail Link to be torn up this ...
Eight hundred metres of track between Southern Cross and North Melbourne stations needs to be replaced. Photo: Chris Hopkins Hundreds of metres of railway track laid just two years ago as part of the most expensive public transport project in Victoria's history will be ripped up and replaced over the weekend because it is damaged and has damaged the wheels of V/Line trains.The track replacement work will require the shutdown of part of the $3.65 billion Regio..>> view originalShop to shine its last shoe after 88 years
Sweeneys Shoe repairs on Ryrie St, Geelong is closing down. Picture: Mike DugdaleONE of the city’s oldest shops will close its doors at the end of this month, marking the end of an era for shoe repairs in Geelong.After 88 years of reheeling and stitching the shoes of Geelong folk, Sweeneys in Ryrie St will shut up shop for good on February 26.Ken Plank, now 78, started his apprenticeship at the Ryrie St store when he was just 16, and has been fixing shoes for Sweeneys in Geelong ever since.At on..>> view originalPetrie, Walsh honoured
Forward Drew Petrie and Director of Football Geoff Walsh will be among 16 people made AFL life members at the AFL's Annual General Meeting in March. Petrie has been recognised after surpassing 300 premiership and pre-season games, while Walsh has worked at four AFL clubs over 31 years in the industry. Among the other new inductees for life membership are Chris Judd, Shaun Burgoyne, Paul Chapman, Sam Mitchell and James Kelly. Drew Petrie293 premiership games for North Melbourne31 pre-season game..>> view originalHundreds of metres of regional train track in Victoria replaced after ...
Hundreds of metres of regional train track in Victoria replaced after VLocity wheel wear problem Updated February 13, 2016 12:28:17 Hundreds of metres of V/Line train tracks have been replaced overnight as part of a plan to fix a train wheel wear problem that severely disrupted regional rail services across Victoria.Train wheels which were wearing at a rapid rate, along with a separate boom gate fault, had disrupted rail services since mid-January.Frustrated passengers ..>> view originalGrandpa reflects on maritime tragedy
Sole survivor of the sinking of the HMS Tempest recalls the event 74 years on11:37It is the 74th anniversary of the sinking of the HMS Tempest. The sole survivor, Bob Appleton, recalls the event. Today is a special day for me. It’s the 74th anniversary of the sinking of the submarine Tempest. I’m the sole survivor now. I was a crew member. It sunk on Friday, February 13, 1942. We were a fairly young crew. I had only just turned 20. We were patrolling in the Gulf of Taranto. Our job was to preve..>> view original
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