Elevate your bathing ritual with Lather Lust, Geelong’s new line of luxe, eco-friendly handmade soap bars

When you imagine luxury, your mind may not immediately turn to the bathroom. But that’s exactly where Highton resident Scott…

The Bellarine is getting a new multimillion-dollar library, complete with a living habitat on the roof 

The good people of the Bellarine will soon be able to enjoy a modern and accessible library in Drysdale, with…

Geelong’s iconic National Wool Museum takes out gold in the Victorian Museums and Galleries Awards

This week, the Victorian Museums and Galleries Awards celebrated the people and cultural institutions that have been powering the state’s…

The jewel of Torquay, The Sands Resort, is reopening this summer after a multimillion-dollar makeover

Located just an hour’s drive from Melbourne, The Sands Resort Torquay (previously known as Peppers The Sands Resort Torquay) has…

The US Postal Service has suspended deliveries to Australia

The United States Postal Service (aka the USPS) has suspended deliveries to and from a whole list of countries around…

GABS Can Design Awards return for 2021, shining light on designers within the craft beer industry

You love the taste of your favourite craft beers and we’re all in awe of the skills of the talented…

Moorabool LGA in Victoria will enter a seven-day lockdown from 11:59pm tonight, list of workers for mandatory vaccine expands

Victorian Premier Dan Andrews had announced that the Moorabool LGA will enter lockdown tonight due to the increase in COVID…

Australia Post are once again halting online shopping pick-ups

We all love a bit of online shopping to get us through the endless lockdowns, save us the trip into…

A Fear of Needles: Why getting vaxxed isn’t always as easy as it seems

Every single day we are flooded with content about the COVID-19 vaccines. Whether that be from seeing the overused syringe…

Vaccine passports to be trialled across regional Victoria this October 

The Victorian Government is set to conduct vaccine passport trials in businesses and events across highly vaccinated parts of regional…

A life-size Max Gawn mural has popped-up on the Bellarine with proceeds going to FightMND

With Footy Finals fever in full swing, die-hard Melbourne Demons fan and artist Lucy Simms has paid tribute to Captain…

The best Geelong spots for the adrenaline junkie in your life

With so much time inside lately, there’s no question that a lot of us are ready to get out there,…

“It’s enough to break some people”: Piano Bar’s Andy Pobjoy shares the struggles of local businesses in poignant new video

Is anyone actually surviving in the most locked downstate in the world? That’s the question explored in a new video…

Blues Roulette release new EP to raise funds for hospitalised Melbourne blues musician Jesse Valach

Jesse Valach hails from Tauranga, New Zealand, and has been resident in Australia for some years. I first came across…

A magnitude 6.0 Earthquake has rattled Melbourne, regional Victoria and as far north as Sydney

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake has struck about 150km north-east of Melbourne, reported to be felt as far west as Adelaide…

Crisis Heroes is an empowering online platform helping Victorians doing it tough in lockdown

As Geelong, Ballarat and Surf Coast residents return indoors for another wave of snap lockdowns and our friends in Melbourne…

More than 50,000 tulips will bloom in regional Victoria as part of this vibrant wine, arts, music and heritage festival

The City of Greater Bendigo is set to flourish with its annual festival, Bendigo Bloom, to celebrate Spring with a…

A Geelong gym is running a food and supply drive for locals affected by Victoria’s lockdowns

It’s hard not to feel helpless, scared and sad right now, mostly for all the local businesses that are struggling…

Music and hospitality venues continue to suffer in Victoria, with reprieve pending the 70% and 80% double dose vaccination targets

Live entertainment venues, pubs and clubs in Victoria will be permitted to reopen (with capacity restrictions) when 80 per cent…

A Torquay seascape photographer has claimed the special prize at The Vienna International Photo Awards

The last few years have seen Tal hone in on photographing the ocean, taking breathtakingly beautiful photos from within powerful waves.

Green up your home post-lockdown with this massive indoor plant sale in Geelong

We’ve been itching for another plant extravaganza.

Victoria has reached 70% first dose vaccination milestone with Dan Andrews revealing minor easing of restrictions

Premier Daniel Andrews has revealed that Victoria will hit its 70 per cent first dose vaccination target today, ahead of…

A stunning new lookout is set for the Twelve Apostles thanks to a $9.2 million upgrade

Hailed one of the bucket list places to visit in the region and sprawling out for 243km around Victoria, the…

The city of greater Ballarat will enter lockdown tonight for seven days

Victorian Premier Dan Andrews had announced that the city of greater Ballarat will enter lockdown tonight due to the increase…

 

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