1/47Police investigate damage to the Queen Victoria statue in Eastern Gardens. Picture: Alison Wynd
Best of the best: Geelong Addy photographers’ top pictures of 2024
Geelong Addy photographers have compiled a gallery of their best pictures which capture all the drama and action across the Geelong region in 2024.
2/47Abbey Galbraith, Anna Jenkins and Amy Brady in their sunflower crop at Modewarre. Picture: Alison Wynd
3/47A hunter near Lake Connewarre at the opening of duck hunting season. Picture: Alison Wynd
4/47Former Cats premiership player, and current Cats ruck coach Brad Ottens is coaching his son Johnny’s under-nine Ocean Grove team. Picture: Alison Wynd
5/47Covenant College foundation students Tilly, 6, and Finn, 5, try on police uniforms and attitude as part of a Victoria Police school visit. Picture: Alison Wynd
6/47Mark and Anna Deans, a mother and son who want to stay in aged care together. Mark is unable to permanently stay because he is younger than 65. Picture: Alan Barber
7/47Uber driver Dean Lehmann was seriously injured after a carkacking in East Geelong. Picture: Alison Wynd
8/47A whale washed up along 13th Beach near Barwon Heads. Picture: Alison Wynd
9/47Surf Coast Mayor Liz Pattison gets in amongst recycling-bound soft plastics at Anglesea. Picture: Alan Barber
10/47Bellbrae farmer Murray Johns is seeing the lasting effects of two consecutive dry years on hay prodcution and water levels. Picture: Alan Barber
11/47The remains of a dead whale are removed from 13th Beach at Barwon Heads. Picture: Alison Wynd
12/47Twelve year old Austin Britnell is a lone Lion in a clowder of Cats fans at Belmont Primary School ahead of the AFL preliminary final. Picture: Alison Wynd
13/47Great dane puppies during a check up at Bellarine Veterinary Practice. Picture: Alison Wynd
14/47Prince Ravi Raja performing at the North Geelong Secondary College’s Multicultural Festival. Picture: Alison Wynd
15/47The damaged Queen Victoria statue in Eastern Gardens is craned away. Picture: Alison Wynd
16/47Brit, Joel and Joey Selwood at the Kardinia Park new Joel Selwood stand opening. Picture: Alison Wynd
17/47Henry Jaruga was left an amputee after a motorcyclist accident. Picture: Brad Fleet
18/47Barwon Health Foundation launched its Wish Upon A Star Christmas Appeal. It helps parents like Tyla and Dale Anderson who welcomed their son Hamish prematurely at 31 weeks. Hamish received care at Barwon Health’s Special Care Nursery. Picture: Brad Fleet
19/47Barwon Heads sculptor and tile maker Sophia Legoe with her work that has a coastal, rugged feel. Picture: Brad Fleet
20/47Geelong photographer Donna Squires is the brains behind the 108 Couches project which featured in Sydney’s Head On Photo Festival. Picture: Brad Fleet
21/47Staeven Vallak attempts his sixth Rip View swim at Point Lonsdale. Picture: Brad Fleet
22/47Jill Stewart with her sheep dog puppies ahead of the annual Deans Marsh Sheep Dog trials. Picture: Brad Fleet
23/47Ian Aranyosi with a photo of his wife Heather who died after a head-on collision in 2019 on Hamilton Highway. Mr Aranyosi said a more recent fatality at Stonehaven, on the same main road, brought back a lot of painful memories so he is calling for change. Picture: Brad Fleet
24/47Jean Reynolds celebrates her 108th birthday at Highton Gardens Care Community. Picture: Brad Fleet
25/47Geelong West’s Vince Leone has grown a tomato weighing more than 1.1kg. Picture: Brad Fleet
26/47Mick Merlo at Waurn Ponds Skatepark in January.
27/4715-year-old Elvis impersonator Charlie Gaylard from Colac performed in the Cooly Rocks On festival on the Gold Coast. Picture: Brad Fleet
28/47Artist Laura Alice created Phosphorescence, an immersive art installation in Market Square. She teamed up with carpenter Cal Caiger to create the experience, a combination of hand-painted artworks, programming, animation, sound design and projection technology. Picture: Alan Barber
29/47World War II veteran Donald McIntosh, 101, photographed in his bedroom at Ingenia Gardens Geelong in St Albans ahead of ANZAC Day 2024. Picture: Brad Fleet
30/47Remy Wilson and her Highland Cattle at Red Hill Homestead ahead of the Australian Highland Cattle Society National Show at the Geelong Showgrounds in June. Picture: Brad Fleet
31/47Around 250 people turned up to Kardinia Park at dawn to watch the sunrise during a yoga session for Serenity in the Stadium marking World Mental Health Day. Picture: Alan Barber
32/47Wadawurrung Elder Aunty Mary Shuttleworth keeps the fire burning at Cosy Corner, Torquay at sunrise. Picture: Brad Fleet
33/47Executive chef Michael Demagistris and Kelsey Jenning from Fresh Creative Entertainment ahead of Nightide, Winter Solstice Festival at the Queenscliff Ferry Terminal. Picture: Brad Fleet
34/47Luke Wilson as Danny, Morgan Dooley-Axup as Sandy, Cassie Chappelli as Marty, Parish Walsh as Jan, Abby Perks as Frenchie and Isabella Cappelli as Rizzo for the Footlight Production of Grease the musical at Geelong Arts Centre. Picture: Alan Barber
35/47Joan Hepworth is undergoing palliative care treatment at home for cancer. Picture: Brad Fleet
36/47Nate Carter, 9, from Fulfilment Park, Lara with his horse Clancy. Picture: Brad Fleet
37/47Scott Austin from Austin Wines took part in Wine Geelong’s Winter Shiraz Weekend. Picture: Brad Fleet
38/47Dan the Magic man celebrates the magic of reading which was the theme of Book Week 2024. Picture: Brad Fleet
39/47Registered music therapist Annalise Baulch promoted Run4Geelong which raises money for Barwon Health. Picture: Brad Fleet
40/47Catriona Rowntree on her property at Little River where a solar farm is to be built next door and close to the You Yangs. Picture: Brad Fleet
41/47Gorge Comorra at his bar 18th Amendment and his signature cocktail ‘’The Boardwalk Empress’“. Picture: Brad Fleet
42/47Mani Farmer with star bull Jai preparing for the Festival of the Cow at Hare Krishna Valley in Bambra. Picture: Brad Fleet
43/47Geelong Ballet Centre dancers Genevieve Mackay, Emilia Considine and Erin Bowers took to the stage for a performance of Swan Lake in December. Picture: Brad Fleet
44/47Adam Cooney as Ginger Spice during the third year of Big Freeze Geelong where 16 brave Geelong celebs and sports people slid into the icy waters at Herne Hill Reserve during a St Joseph’s vs St Mary’s GFL game. Picture: Mark Wilson
45/47People consoling each other outside Shiryodo Karate after Malcolm Ayles, the owner and head instructor, drowned in Thailand. Picture: Mark Wilson
46/47The crowd for Ruby Fields during Here Comes the Sun festival on Torquay common. Picture: Mark Wilson
47/47Demolition of the old heritage building next to the convention centre site started at the corner of Western Beach Rd and Gheringhap St. Picture: Mark Wilson
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