Tim Lamacraft

A multi-million-dollar all-concrete home designed and built in Torquay will be showcased in the latest season of Grand Designs Australia. The architect of the Coombes Road property says the home will divide viewers’ opinions, yet it was designed with a clear purpose – to keep it simple for co-owner Fiona Ribbera, who is legally blind. [...]Read More...

A REFLECTIVE Surf Coast crowd of as many as 2,000 gathered by the ocean in Torquay on January 26 for the inaugural Pilk Purriyn truth-telling event presented by members of the region’s First Nations People. The Wadawurrung Traditional Owners led a sunrise ceremony at Cosy Corner which opened with a traditional Welcome to Country followed [...]Read More...

SINGLE-use plastics and polystyrene are now outlawed throughout Victoria after the state government’s landmark ban came into effect on Wednesday (February 1) this week. The changes mean single-use plastic drinking straws, cutlery, plates, drink stirrers, cotton bud sticks and expanded polystyrene food and drink containers are banned from sale and supply in Victoria. The ban [...]Read More...

Anglesea Performing Arts will back up its sold-out 2022 season production of The Bleeding Tree when it returns to the Platform Arts stage in Geelong later this month with the heavy hitting play. Written by celebrated Australian playwright and performer Angus Cerini, the work has been described by critics as Gothic comedy for the way [...]Read More...

DURING the pandemic, when much of the world’s population were confined to their homes, Jan Juc artist Bill Luke did what he has done for much of his life: paint signs and display them for the public. A pictorial sign-writer who was once Melbourne’s go-to guy for the entertainment industry when new films or theatre [...]Read More...

AN at-capacity regenerative food and farming event at Freshwater Creek’s Common Ground Project is demonstrative of the region’s growing embrace for green living, according to Geelong Sustainability CEO Dan Cowdell. Over 85 people attended the Tuesday night discussion titled ‘Regeneration: Exploring a regenerative farming and food system’, far above the average of 40-50 people that [...]Read More...

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ORGANISERS of Anglesea Primary School’s Village Fair say the event is shaping up to be “bigger and better than ever” after a three year pandemic enforced absence. The all-community and all-ages affair on March Labour Day long weekend is the school’s annual fundraiser for the school and money raised will go towards supporting students, whose [...]Read More...

A BELLBRAE Primary School teacher who spent a week in the Australian Alps as a biodiversity research expedition member has committed to sharing the skills and knowledge developed on the journey with his students. Lachlan Hurrell says he was “so very grateful” to be selected alongside five other Australian teachers and 30 of Australia’s leading [...]Read More...

A GROUP of 15 secondary students from Indonesia have been farewelled by their Christian College Geelong (CCG) hosts who have spent ten days introducing them to the country, region and their homes. Aside from interruptions due to the pandemic, it is the 28th year of CCG’s exchange program with Indonesian students, and for the latest [...]Read More...