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Today is your last chance to enter your child's outfit into the Addy's best Halloween costume for 2024. 🎃👻
Hurry! Entries close at 11:59pm tonight 👉 https://bit.ly/3YKqni3

New data has revealed Greater Geelong has seen some of the highest va**ng rates in regional Victoria, but the number of adults using e-cigarettes paled in comparison to those smoking. Read more 👇

Shock number of Geelong va**rs revealed Greater Geelong has recorded one of the highest va**ng rates in regional Victoria, with experts calling for a multi-pronged approach to tackling ni****ne addiction.

A food truck park could be coming to Grovedale, with developers planning to transform an old nursery site into an Asian street-food hub. Read more 👇

Food truck park slated for Grovedale A food truck park could be coming to Grovedale, with developers planning to transform an old nursery site into an Asian street-food hub.

Jahkarli Felicitas Romanis is capturing remnants of her past to help better understand her personal journey. Story 👇

Ancestral history central to Jan Juc artist and researcher’s studies Almost a century after her great-grandmother Dolly was stolen from Country, Jahkarli Felicitas Romanis is reclaiming her identity and bringing her home.

The co**se flower, known for its rotting smell when it blooms, at the Geelong Botanic Gardens has started blushing. It is expected to bloom sometime next week. Seeing this flower in full bloom is a rare event.

Geelong was proudly named a finalist in Keep Australia Beautiful’s 2022 Victorian tidy town contest. Oh, how the mighty have fallen 🤦 Find out more 👉 https://bit.ly/3NQpgHo

A quality five-bedroom bungalow flush with modern luxuries offers stylish surrounds for families keen to put down roots in a prized leafy street. See inside 👇

Classy reno delivers California dream in Manifold Heights A quality five-bedroom bungalow flush with modern luxuries offers stylish surrounds for families keen to put down roots in a prized leafy street.

Leading feminist Fay Marles, Melbourne’s University’s first female chancellor and mother of the deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, has been remembered as a “fierce advocate” for women after her death aged 98. Read the tributes 👉 https://bit.ly/40tXuIn

An Irish flair has filtered into the AFLW in recent seasons, with Geelong’s own Irish foursome quickly becoming household names both in hoops and across the wider competition. 🐱🍀 Story 👇

‘Home away from home’: How Irish quartet is serving Cats’ quest for success Rachel Kearns holds the honour of being Geelong’s first-ever Irish AFLW player but having three of her fellow compatriots by her side in recent seasons has made Kardinia Park feel more like home.

It’s the most frightful time of the year and to mark the occasion parents are invited to show us what their child has dressed up as in 2024. 🎃⁠
Submit your pictures now 👉 https://bit.ly/3YKqni3

What was once a high school hobby has become a much-needed creative outlet for East Geelong’s Liana Purser, one she rediscovered in the wake of a life-threatening health diagnosis. Story 👇

Rediscovering joy of art in wake of life-threatening health diagnosis Had she not been diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer seven years ago, Liana Purser wonders if she would have ever rediscovered the joy of painting.

Geelong’s most flamboyant supporter has revealed his new fangs after a heartless thief took off with his while he was eating a lemon tart. 🐱 Read more 👇

Kind deed scores Catman new fangs after cruel theft Geelong’s most passionate supporter was eating a lemon tart when the unthinkable happened.

New data reveals the Geelong suburbs with the most still to pay on their mortgage. Some areas will surprise 👇

Geelong’s mortgage belt widens at the fringes New data reveals the Geelong suburbs with the most still to pay on average on their mortgage. Some areas will surprise.

Neighbours say a Highton family had a lucky escape after a teenager allegedly got drunk and drove into their house. Story 👉 https://bit.ly/3CacjFO

Police have taped off the scene where a burnt out car can be seen out the front of a store with signage saying “Donnybrook Hair Salon”. Story 👉 https://bit.ly/48vheNs

A ferry staff member has been flown to hospital after falling down stairs on board. Read more 👇

Man flown to hospital after Queenscliff ferry fall A Searoad Ferries crew member has been flown to hospital after falling down stairs on a vessel.

Zach Tuohy called time on his illustrious AFL career this year, leaving as one of the greatest Irish players in the history of the game. With the release of his autobiography, he tells Sarah Bieske he’s ready for life after footy 👇

Retired Cat Zach Tuohy is ready to give life a craic The dread of another gruelling pre-season is normally sitting firmly in Zach Tuohy’s gut come November. Instead, the recently-retired Geelong Cats’ premiership player is in full dad mode. “I did the kinder and school drop-offs this morning. I’m not sure I’m much of a house husband yet thou...

A teenager has been arrested after he allegedly got drunk and smashed into a house in Highton on Saturday morning. Story 👇

Teen allegedly got drunk, drove into home full of people A teenager has been arrested after he allegedly got drunk and smashed into a house in Highton on Saturday morning.

He embraced a “gangster lifestyle” and all its trappings: guns, gold chains, luxury cars and designer clothes. But he slept on a mattress on the floor, next to a cash counting machine, in an industrial estate. See the pictures 👇

Inside the lair of one of Geelong’s most notorious drug traffickers Alex Urquhart picked up the phone; his mother on the other end of the line.

A crime scene has been established after a car smashed into a shop and was set on fire in Norlane. 🚨 Story 👇

Car smashes into Norlane store in suspicious blaze A crime scene has been established after a car smashed into a shop and was set on fire in a suspicious Norlane blaze early on Saturday.

Who had the best Halloween costume in Geelong this year? 👻
Submit your child's outfit here 👉 https://bit.ly/3Ykw9Fy

Rob Aitken and Emma Aitken Alexander’s love of good wine has led them to take over Torquay wine bar Mr Archer. 🍷 Story 👇

Mr Archer raising the bar in Torquay Rob Aitken and Emma Aitken Alexander are a couple on a mission. With a vision. And that vision is very much focused on wine.

A week after posting an almost $30m loss for 2023/24, genU says its latest appointment will help turn around its fortunes.
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Board appointment a ‘massive win’ for embattled organisation Embattled Geelong-based disability service provider genU has received a welcome boost, with the appointment of a well-connected and experienced executive joining its board.

A court has heard a Geelong dad who allegedly crashed a stolen 4WD into a barrier on a busy Waurn Ponds road, leaving his passenger with a broken arm, had relapsed into drug use.
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/3C8tPKC

The $3.5m plans for a waterfront property put forward by a well-known Geelong family can be revealed for the first time, following its $5.25m sale a year ago 💰
Details here 👇

Geelong waterfront property to go under $3.5m redevelopment plans A waterfront property that sold for a record price to a well-known Geelong family will be demolished and replaced by a two-storey residence with sweeping views of Corio Bay, under plans put out by City Hall.