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Restoration Cafe owner Sharon de Been and daughter Sara Martin have been forced to fork out $4k for new bollards to reinstate outdoor seating at her cafe. Picture: Alison Wynd

‘Kick in the guts’: Customers step in to help Geelong cafe

Community rallies behind struggling cafe forced to choose between $4000 council compliance costs and losing crucial outdoor seating revenue.

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Elevate Planning have submitted an application for planning permit to use and develop 2352 Midland Highway, Bannockburn for a pet memorial. Pictures: Elevate Planning, planning documents.

Pet cemetery plans revealed – with a virtual twist

A $20,000 proposal could revolutionise pet farewells, with Bannockburn landowners seeking approval for a hi-tech memorial site offering 24-hour camera access to grieving families.

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Gita Platthy, Gavin Heard and Mary-Rose Attard were among the 52 people who died by drowning in Victoria in 2025.

Local drownings contribute to statewide surge

Life Saving Victoria’s annual report has revealed 39 people have died in local waters in the past decade, with experts warning the crisis will worsen without urgent action.

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‘Terror’: Man jailed over meat cleaver attack on Belmont mum

A man who bashed and slashed a mother’s skull with a knife and threatened to kill her son was found with Friedrich Nietzsche’s “Beyond Good and Evil” after his arrest.

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Surf Coast Shire councillor Paul Barker has launched Supreme Court action.

Councillor challenges Australia Day suspension in Supreme Court

A local councillor has launched legal action against his own shire in a bid to overturn misconduct findings that followed a failed push to reinstate Australia Day celebrations and disagreement over the crowd at a truth-telling event.

Woodline Primary Schoolâs founding principal Claire is leaving the alternative school after five years to establish a new school in Mauritius. See who will take her place.

Woodline Primary farewells founding principal

Woodline Primary School’s founding principal Claire Bartlett is leaving the alternative school after five years to establish a new school in Mauritius. See who will take her place.

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02-12-2025 Naplan. Kardinia College year 9 students Charlie Maloney, Sha Welch and Eliza Birley.Picture: Brad Fleet

NAPLAN results: Every Geelong and Surf Coast school ranked

A tiny Bellarine primary school has delivered a shock blow to Geelong’s elite private schools by claiming the region’s top NAPLAN ranking.

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Kim van Engen and Juliana Voute from Netherlands enjoying Boxing Day 2024 at Cosy Corner Torquay Picture: Alison Wynd

Photos: 2024 Boxing Day at the beach

Beachgoers spent Boxing Day cooling off at some of Geelong and the Surf Coast’s best spots. SEE THE PHOTOS.

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‘Not going to cut it’: Questions in case against alleged meth dealer

A magistrate has told the Office of Public Prosecutions to explain how they’re going to prove their case against a Geelong man accused of trafficking a commercial amount of ice.

01-12-2025 Twelve year-old Jay Mahato looks forward to his daily trips on V/Line's Geelong Line with parents Ajay and Rupinder and V/Line conductor Bridgette Burns. Picture: Brad Fleet

$500k boost for Geelong station disability access

What started as a feared first train ride has become a daily educational adventure for an autistic boy, thanks to railway staff who refuse to see disability as a barrier.

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Dean and Alisa Hinch, with children Eric, 5, and Max, 7 and Brett Couzens and Louise Curtis on the proposed site of a caravan park in Lara at 325 Forest Road. Picture: Alison Wynd

Fate of northern suburbs caravan park to be known soon

Council officers have recommended the rejection of a tourism project supporters say will fill a crucial accommodation gap in Geelong’s northern suburbs – but recent history suggests that advice means little.

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Queenscliff l students Amelia Miller, Sadie Morris, Betty Huggins, Edward Jackson and Nate Thapa celebrate topping the primary school NAPLAN rankings this year with teachers Jackie Morris, principal Mat McRae and Yvette Hurley. Picture: Alison Wynd

The Geelong schools with great 2025 NAPLAN results

As school communities wake up to learn how their NAPLAN results fell nationally, two Geelong schools have earned their place in a small lists of institutions outperforming expectations across Australia.

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02-12-2025 Covenant College graduation Milly Varcoe, Jazmyn Humphreys and Chelsea Skelton

Photos: 2025 Covenant College graduation

Students at Covenant College held their graduation celebrations on Friday night. SEE THE PHOTOS.

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Twist in landmark concussion class-action suit against AFL

A Supreme Court judge has sent Max Rooke back to the drawing board in a ruling on one aspect of the landmark, billion-dollar class-action lawsuit lodged against the AFL.

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