Blue ribbon image grows
NEWTOWN has long held the title of some of Geelong’s best blue ribbon pockets of real estate, but its reputation is spreading to buyers far and wide.As a growing contingent of buyers from as far afield as Melbourne and Sydney comb our real estate market, a large proportion have set their sights on Newtown.It’s Geelong’s most expensive suburb with a median house price of $642,000 and one of our favourites with an average hold period of 13 years.Local agent John Moran, of Whitford, said Newtown is..>> view original'A win for the HRT name, fans and the lion'
JAMES Courtney has vowed to deliver the original Holden Racing Team their last ever Bathurst winner before the name is taken by rivals Red Bull Racing next year.Chasing his first win at Mount Panorama to fill the one major hole in his Supercars resume, the Holden star said he was determined to help send the team off in style in the Bathurst 1000.But Courtney will have to start his attack on the famous endurance race from mid-pack after missing out on a spot in the top-10 shootout when he finishe..>> view originalTough Chase pushes Frosty down the grid
MARK Winterbottom is confident he will still be strong in Sunday’s Bathurst 1000 after a “pretty average job” in the top-10 shootout saw him slip to 10th on the grid for the famous race.The defending Supercars champion admitted he tried to push too hard for the ultimate glory and ran off the track at the bottom of The Chase, seeing him slip three spots in the field as Red Bull rival Jamie Whincup claimed pole.Winterbottom admitted it was a lap he wished he could have over again, revealing that p..>> view originalSA premier to trust the people on dump
Politicians must start trusting the people to guide the state's possible nuclear future, South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill says.Mr Weatherill has opened the second citizens' jury in Adelaide, where 350 people are considering recommendations from the state's royal commission into the nuclear fuel cycle.Their focus will be on whether SA should establish a storage facility for taking high-level nuclear waste from overseas, in what could provide for billions of dollars in revenue.Mr Weatherill..>> view originalAir strike kills mourners in Yemen
Yemeni security and medical officials say at least 45 people have been killed in a Saudi-led coalition air strike that targeted a funeral hall in the capital Sanaa.The officials say at least another 100 have been wounded in the Saturday strike.They say the dead and wounded include military and security officials from the ranks of the Shi'ite Houthi rebels fighting the internationally-recognised government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi as well as their allies, loyalists of former President..>> view originalRussia says missile move a routine drill
Russia has moved nuclear-capable Iskander-M missiles into the Kaliningrad region bordering Poland and Lithuania, the Defence Ministry says, adding this was part of routine drills involving such missiles across its territory."These missile units have been deployed more than once (in the Kaliningrad region)... and will be deployed as part of military training of the Russian armed forces," ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement on Saturday.A US intelligence official said on Friday ..>> view original'My son and I were born from the same womb'
EMELIE Eriksson has a bond with her son that hardly seems possible: She and her son were born from the same womb.Eriksson was the first woman to have a baby after receiving a uterus from her mother, in a revolutionary operation that links three generations of their family.“It’s like science fiction,” Eriksson, 30, told AP in her home just north of Stockholm.“This is something that you read in history books and now in the future when you read about this, it’s about me.”Eriksson’s son Albin is now..>> view originalNo points but plenty of positives for Flames
THEY lost their opener but the Sydney Uni Flames have gained credibility as a serious finals contender in this season’s WNBL.In just their second ever game together as a team, the Flames came within just three of toppling league favourites Perth Lynx in their round one match in Sydney.“Lots and lots of good signs, a fantastic game but we didn’t get the win which is disappointing,” said new coach Cheryl Chambers on Saturday.“They are a really good team. They shot the ball extremely well.“We got u..>> view original'I think my dad looks like Matt Damon'
GREAT Scott! Did Matt Damon channel his inner Marty McFly?“Back to the Future” fans are convinced the actor crossed the space-time continuum, after a photo from February 1961 was recently posted online of a groom who’s a dead ringer for the Hollywood star.The lookalike appears in a black-and-white photo, smiling at a woman who gazes back dreamily into his eyes.“I think my dad looks like Matt Damon,” said Reddit user Coffeeandtrout, who posted the image last month, and said it was from his parent..>> view originalUS cops release city spy plane flight logs
Baltimore Police have released data showing that a surveillance plane secretly flew over the city roughly 100 times, taking more than 1 million snapshots of the streets below.Police held a news conference where they released logs tracking flights of the plane owned and operated by Persistent Surveillance Systems, which is promoting the aerial technology as a cutting-edge crime-fighting tool.The logs show the plane spent about 314 hours flying over eight months.The program began in January and wa..>> view original
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