Coutas to avoid premiership hangoverReigning premiers Queenscliff have set their sights on another top-three finish, according to new coach Tom Limb.
Copper skillet as good as golden plateQueenscliff’s Golden Plate winning restaurant, the Vue Grand, is now proudly holding aloft a copper skillet.
Arnold Zable, Tony Birch and Alice Pung will be in Queenscliff for Writers in Reflection 2, an event presented by Rural Australians for Refugees.
The Bellarine rail trail now sports over 30 new marker posts which have been installed every kilometre along the trail.
Third at Thunder for JucanaughtsThe Jan Juc women’s surfboat crew has walked away from their maiden Ocean Thunder Pro series fired up for more after bad surf luck foiled their plans.
Car candy comes to QueenscliffQueenscliff’s Princess Park will host around 1,500 hotrod and classic cars for the country’s second-largest hotrod event.
Hundreds take the Blue Water ChallengeHundreds madly raced around the Queenscliff pier on Saturday, competing in the Queenscliff Blue Water Challenge.
Blue Water Challenge issuedFor the last 20 years, the Boroughcoutas Swim Club has encouraged hardy swimmers to dive into the sea for a mad dash along the Queenscliff shore.
Bellarine security grantedCrime on the Surf Coast doesn’t seem to be considered a problem, as the region has come away from a round of community safety funding empty-handed.
Dresses in the spotlight once againIt’s a one-of-a-kind exhibition, but every one of the exhibits has been the star of its own show in the past.
Ice cream debateAs summer crowds bring a spending bonanza to traders in seaside towns, the competition for their dollar can result in the heat being turned up.
New Year show for Art FiveGeelong Art Five are pleased to present their much-anticipated New Year art show.
Famed body artist to visit local galleryAustralia’s most famous body artist, Emma Hack, will be visiting a Queenscliff gallery where her work has proved a hit.
Record crews at Aussie titlesOver thirty crews from around the region headed north this weekend for the 2012 Navy Australian Surf Rowers League Australian Open.
Gadget guy to help seniorsTelstra are inviting seniors to tackle the latest technology trends at free Geelong and Bellarine workshops.
New parks fit for royals and citizensRedevelopment works in Queenscliff’s Princess and Citizens Parks have been officially opened by Western Victoria MP David Koch.
Seniors learn computer skillsYou’re never too old to start learning how to use a computer, if neighbourhood house course guides are anything to go by.
Representatives of the Victorian Ombudsman will be visiting locally as part of the Ombudsman’s Community Education Program.
Bellarine stalwarts honouredTwo local community stalwarts – Dr Henry Hudson and Patricia Marriott – were honoured on Australia Day last week.
Pinocchio comes aliveA wooden boy came to life in Queenscliff last week, delighting the young audiences who packed the town hall for four performances.
There is no excuse for not celebrating Australia Day in proper fashion, with a number of different events on around the region.
Rocky road for cyclistsA major Bellarine Peninsula tourist card is getting a bad name because of poor maintenance, according to a group of regular users.
Intern shares love of the seaA love of anything to do with the sea has started Anglesea man Paddy Hernon on a career path that will mix work and pleasure for years to come.
More families dig the beachOrganisers of Queenscliff’s annual sandcastle competition are delighted that more families joined them in digging up the beach on Sunday.
Model woodworker put through the millHours of painstaking work and piles of sawdust paid off for Bellarine Woodworkers over the New Year.
Funfair weather for local groupsAt this time of year funfairs spring up from everywhere, providing entertainment for holidaymakers at many seaside towns around the region.
