Last Top Stories: 2015 list of carols around Geelong | GeelongAdvertiser

• 2015 list of carols around Geelong | GeelongAdvertiser

  

  Denis Walter will return to Geelong for his annual Carols By The Bay event. Picture: Glenn FergusonMELBOURNE Gospel Choir will be back for its third Carols by the Bay at Eastern Beach tomorrow night.It will be Denis Walter’s 18th Carols by the Bay — last year was meant to be the 18th but was rained out.Walter is confident this year’s show will go ahead with the weather bureau predicting a sunny day with a top of 29C.SCROLL DOWN FOR LIST OF CAROLS“It’s going to be the first of three pretty warm d..

  >> view original



• Slow going as Cats hold back Selwood

  

  Rhys Stanley and Joel Selwood. Picture: Glenn FergusonGEELONG captain Joel Selwood has been held back from the start of pre-season training after revealing he played the last month of the season under duress.Selwood yesterday admitted his “whole body” was just about shot when he willed himself to play in the Cats’ final match against Adelaide to honour the club’s three outgoing champions.The fearless 27-year-old has been on light duties in the club’s rehab group since returning from the longest ..

  >> view original



• Shocking tales from the front line

  

  The Geelong Advertiser road trauma campaign is an appeal for a road toll of zero for the month of December.THEY’VE held the lifeless bodies of children in their arms.Missed the births of their own young and seen critically injured motorists pulled from crumpled wrecks.Geelong’s Highway Patrol officers have met with the families of almost 250 people who were killed or seriously injured on our roads in the past year.In an exclusive new series beginning on Saturday, officers on the front line share..

  >> view original



• Party over for City's ex-Liberal mayor

  

  Geelong mayor Darryn Lyons with former Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Liberal MP Sarah Henderson in Canberra.GEELONG Mayor Darryn Lyons says his Liberal Party membership has lapsed.The mayor’s connection to the party has been a topic of conjecture since his election two years ago.But he told Bay FM radio yesterday he was no longer a paid-up member.“I’m not a member of the Liberal Party,” he said.“I’ll be honest with you, I don’t know (when the membership expired), I don’t think it was renewed.”T..

  >> view original



• Dry summer, but no water restrictions

  

  Keep those hoses running — water restrictions will not be coming in this summer.A DRY summer is on the cards, but water restrictions are unlikely in Geelong and bills should not go up, according to new Barwon Water chair Jo Plummer.The Geelong businesswoman and former Central Highlands Water director chaired the first meeting of the new-look board recently after a State Government shake-up.At 54 per cent capacity, Geelong’s water storages are well below the 76 per cent they were at this time las..

  >> view original



• 'I love you', says young dad's final text

  

  Troy Baker’s grieving wife Tamar Baker with Kade, 9, Preston, 16, Felicity, nine months, and Kayla, 12. Picture: Mitch BearTHE last text message Troy Baker sent to his wife was “I love you”.It came through one hour before the Wallington dad was hit and killed by a forklift while working with his teenage son at a Lethbridge chicken farm on Monday night.“When the accident happened, nobody rang me but I knew,” his heartbroken wife Tamar Baker said.“I had a massive anxiety attack and, when the polic..

  >> view original



• More lights added to Geelong CBD, with permanent tree installations on Ryrie St | GeelongAdvertiser

  

  Mayor Darryn Lyons shows off the new lights on Ryrie St. Pictures: Reg Ryan.LET there be light! Ryrie St has been illuminated by almost 2000 tiny bulbs nestled among the leaves of 31 trees lining the centre of the busy road.Despite their festive twinkle, the lights are not Christmas decorations. In fact, they are here to stay year-round.Spanning 500m, the installation is the largest yet in the council’s city tree lighting project.City of Greater Geelong councillors agreed last month to allocate ..

  >> view original



• Waterfront gets flicks and new carols

  

  Kirby Ivens, 5 and Stella Ivens, 7 months, look forward to Geelong’s outdoor Christmas movies. Picture: Peter RistevskiTHE ho-ho-ho-liday season is on our doorstep and Geelong locals can get into the spirit with free Friday night outdoor movie screenings at Steampacket Gardens.Starting Friday night, popular Christmas films will screen at the gardens from 7pm, kicking off withHome Alone.Rise of the GuardiansandMiracle on 34th Street will follow on Friday, December 11 and December 18 respectively...

  >> view original



• White Rabbit opens new brewery

  

  White Rabbit brewery’s Andrew McWilliam toasts to the venture’s success. Picture: Mitch BearGEELONG has a new brewery with the opening this week of White Rabbit Brewery and Barrel Hall in the Little Creatures precinct in South Geelong.The brewery, which relocated from its Healesville home when it outgrew that space, also has a retail component with a focus on local produce.Head brewer Jeremy Halse said the new venue would provide space for the open fermentation which was a hallmark of its operat..

  >> view original



• Fiery girl guilty of Facebook rage assault

  

  A 14-YEAR-OLD girl who bashed another girl over a derogatory Facebook post about her said she could have stabbed the victim but didn’t have a knife at the time.The teen has pleaded guilty before a Children’s Court to unlawful assault.A police prosecutor said that, on September 23, the victim was riding her penny board to a milk bar at Corio when the assailant approached her, accusing her of putting a fake post about her on Facebook.The prosecutor said the girl then punched the victim numerous ti..

  >> view original