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34 Ozone Road, Barwon Heads VIC 3227

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32 William Buckley Way, Sorrento.

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The site of the accident at Barwon Heads on Saturday morning.

Two dead after being pulled from waters off the coast in separate incidents

A man died after a wave caused the boat he was in to capsize at Barwon Heads, while a scuba diver was found unconscious in the water at Rye Pier and could not be revived.

  • Alex Crowe
Oliver Wiltshire (centre) flanked by fellow Geelong draftees (left to right) Connor O’Sullivan, Shaun Mannagh, George Stevens and Emerson Jeka.

Barwon Heads to the big time: Cats champion unearths draft gem in bush league

First he helped Geelong recruiters identify Tom Stewart’s talents, now club great Matthew Scarlett has helped find another hidden gem for the Cats, convincing Oliver Wiltshire he has what it takes to be an AFL footballer.

  • Damien Ractliffe
In some parts of regional Victoria, the median house price is north of $1 million.

Making a sea-change to regional Victoria? That’ll be $1 million

Million-dollar houses were once the exclusive domain of blue-chip inner Melbourne, but the number of regional postcodes with a median house price of $1 million or more is on the rise.

  • Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
Police at the Connewarre scene where a 34-year-old man died in a skydiving accident on Sunday.

Experienced jumper dies in skydiving accident near Geelong

A Sydenham man has died in a skydiving accident on Victoria’s Surf Coast.

  • Ashleigh McMillan
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Ocean Grove is among the pockets of regional Victoria where the median house price is at least $1 million.

Victorian regional hotspots that have joined the million-dollar club

Still dreaming of a sea-change for a better lifestyle and more affordable property? In some coastal pockets, the median house price is higher than in Melbourne.

  • Elizabeth Redman
Georgie Stephenson's brother Campbell Stephenson and mother Robyn Jones with a picture of Georgie Stephenson died of a rare form of leukaemia.

Coalition and Labor vow Senate probe into Bellarine cancer cases

Both major parties have vowed to set up a parliamentary inquiry into the high incidence of cancer on the Bellarine Peninsula, in the hotly-contested marginal seat of Corangamite

  • Debbie Cuthbertson
Kristie Ainsworth was diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma while she was a student at Bellarine Secondary College.

Kristie Ainsworth is lucky to be alive, but feels guilty every day

Kristie Ainsworth suffers a range of ongoing health issues, but she has no time for self-pity.

  • Debbie Cuthbertson
Dieldrin was used on farms across the Bellarine Peninsula, including near Barwon Heads, until it was banned in the late 1980s.

Barwon Heads community seeks answers over cancer concerns

Barwon Heads' community group is demanding answers from their local MP about the alarming incidence of cancer deaths among young adults in the region and contamination of former farmland.

  • Debbie Cuthbertson

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