2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1230+ words) Dunnstown will look to banish a 27-year premiership drought when it clashes with Daylesford in this weekend’s Central Highlands league grand final at Mars Stadium. The Towners, who last won a grand final in 1999, earned the right to challenge the…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (401+ words) When thousands of runners line up on 20 September for the inaugural Geelong Running Festival, they will be running for something much bigger than a finish time. The festival has already raised close to $110,000 for charity, $65,000 of which goes to the…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (776+ words) Lake Wendouree defender Kate Drew believes being around the Lakers’ young group has reinvigorated her netball and given her a fresh sense of purpose. She’s hoping that can translate into the club’s first A-grade grand final appearance since 2012, their last…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (418+ words) Nineteen ladies teed off last Wednesday competing in a final of the Monthly Medals, Putting and a Stableford Event on a cold and showery day with the Attamurra course playing fairly and true. Taking out first place in Division 1 was…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (442+ words) The Coalition is promising longer trains in Bendigo and potentially more train services if it wins November’s state election. The $1.7bn commitment would fund the purchase of 25 new trains on the Melton and Wyndham Vale lines, which would free up 25 three-car…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (442+ words) The Coalition is promising longer trains in Ballarat and potentially more train services if it wins November’s state election. The $1.7bn commitment would fund the purchase of 25 new trains on the Melton and Wyndham Vale lines, which would free up 25 three-car…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (450+ words) Passenger trains could return between Geelong and Bannockburn for the first time in almost 50 years under a joint push from two fast-growing councils. The City of Greater Geelong and Golden Plains Shire are calling for bipartisan support to restore passenger…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (479+ words) Around a hundred people gathered to watch and participate in the creation of a new artwork currently on display at Geelong Library. Footprints on Country is a collaborative artwork between the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) and Geelong artist and Noongar,…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (136+ words) Police are investigating a fatal house fire in Daylesford after a person was found deceased inside a property early this morning. Emergency services were called to a home on Frazer Street following reports of a fire about 4.30am. Police said a…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (592+ words) The future of thousands of homes planned for Geelong’s west is uncertain after the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) labelled development costs for the Creamery Road precinct “unworkable”. The Creamery Road precinct structure plan (PSP) is the first proposed…...