R Hotel review,Geelong:Victoria's second-biggest city needs more hotels like this

R Hotel review,Geelong:Victoria's second-biggest city needs more hotels like this

Geelong's R Hotel places you right in the thick of things at this waterside city.

  • byJim Darby

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Artist turns amateur sleuth as public recruited to help find photographs’ owners

Artist turns amateur sleuth as public recruited to help find photographs’ owners

It all started when Mayu Kanamori found more than 300 hand-printed photographs of a Japanese family at a market.

  • byAmelia McGuire
Geelong,Victoria,travel guide and things to do:Nine highlights

Geelong,Victoria,travel guide and things to do:Nine highlights

Victoria's second city is coming first in quite a few fields...

  • byJim Darby
Call for witnesses after elderly pedestrian dies in Geelong collision

Call for witnesses after elderly pedestrian dies in Geelong collision

Police are searching for witnesses to a collision in Geelong’s north,after a 76-year-old woman was hit by a car and later died at the scene.

  • byAshleigh McMillan
Melbourne has an energy,a juju that impacts on the music scene:Adalita

Melbourne has an energy,a juju that impacts on the music scene:Adalita

Despite her forthcoming album’s difficult gestation,it’s been a beautiful burden to bear,says Adalita.

  • byKerrie O'Brien
More human remains found at home in Geelong’s north

More human remains found at home in Geelong’s north

Members of the homicide squad have again visited a Norlane property where a skull and other bones were discovered in 2019.

  • byAshleigh McMillan
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Coronavirus fragments found in north Geelong wastewater

Coronavirus fragments found in north Geelong wastewater

Fragments of the virus which causes COVID-19 have been found at a wastewater treatment plant in Corio,prompting concern from Victoria's health authorities.

  • byAshleigh McMillan
Airport rail link leaves western suburbs,Geelong on slow track

Airport rail link leaves western suburbs,Geelong on slow track

Melbourne’s airport rail link route has drawn criticism for leaving fast-growing western suburbs with congested train networks and breaking state and federal promises of half-hour trips to Geelong.

  • byTimna Jacks
Victoria bets on big battery near Geelong to bolster grid reliability

Victoria bets on big battery near Geelong to bolster grid reliability

French energy giant Neoen will build one of the world's largest lithium-ion batteries near Geelong under a state government-backed plan to bolster grid reliability.

  • byNick Toscano,Miki Perkins andAnna Prytz
State to plug $84m into'humongous'Victorian Big Battery near Geelong
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State to plug $84m into'humongous'Victorian Big Battery near Geelong

A French clean energy company will build one of the biggest lithium-ion batteries in the world as part of a government push to transition to renewable energy and create jobs.

  • byAnna Prytz
Push to convert Victoria into hydrogen energy powerhouse

Push to convert Victoria into hydrogen energy powerhouse

The state has been urged to harness hydrogen to lead the nation in development of green energy and create thousands of jobs.

  • byPaul Sakkal andMiki Perkins