THE majority of Geelong suburbs are selling faster than a year ago with a real estate expert confident the market will defy Melbourne's downturn.

One of football's greatest dynasties has the chance of continuing in the future after it was announced Gary Ablett's wife Jordan gave birth to a baby boy.

HE'S the son of a gun who became a gun and then a Sun, returned home, and now has a son of his own. Geelong footy star Gary Ablett Jr and his wife Jordan ...

The Festival of Sails promises something for all, thrilling sailing action, exciting on water activities for all to try, and a great way to spend quality time with your ...

The city is bracing for the unpleasant combination of showers and extreme temps, with the mercury set to soar to 38. Parts of the region could go even higher ...

AN INNOVATIVE pilot program that saw residents mark their valuable possessions with traceable synthetic DNA has paved the way for partnerships between ...

A hay bale fire at Murgheboluc west of Geelong has been declared safe. The fire broke out in a shed containing around 500 bales on the corner of the Hamilton ...

A WOMAN taking her husband to have surgery at Barwon Health says she was disgusted to discover City of Greater Geelong trucks blocking all disabled ...

Geelong council has rejected a developers attempt to build 42 units on a Newcomb street.

TWO groups of Sydney buyers put their summer holidays to good use, lining up to purchase a resort-style family home for close to $1 million in Highton.

The Australian Army has been slammed over the death of a young soldier from Geelong who died during a live-fire exercise almost two years ago. The inquest ...

Australia's best cricketers with a disability will descend on Geelong this weekend for the National Cricket Inclusion Championships. More than 200 players from ...

AUSTRALIANS can be a laconic bunch, but if theres one topic thats almost guaranteed to spark passionate debate its finding the best fish and chips in town.

TORQUAY and Bell Park are familiar grand final foes.

A RARE cloud type resembling crashing waves in the sky has turned heads for weather enthusiasts in Geelong.

Options to stop almost 3000 trucks flooding Geelong's CBD each day are being considered by the State Government. The perennial issue of trucks in Ryrie St ...

A FREIGHT train went through a North Geelong intersection without warning after boom gates failed, it has been revealed. The potentially deadly safety failure ...

GEELONG champion Gary Ablett and wife Jordan have welcomed their first child.

The Chris Meagher-trained No Drama Darci has good form around talented filly Notation and looks well placed to break his maiden at Pakenham.

Warren Huntly delivers his thoughts for Thursday's meeting.

Adelaide's leading jockey starts her Victorian stint on Thursday.

EAST Geelong is one of the most in demand suburbs across the nation as the property market in regional Victoria remains strong. Realestate.com.au has ...

NEW work to the tune of 106.9 million will bolster Greater Geelongs housing stock as national figures point to a dramatic slowdown in residential building.

EVER wanted your cricket bat to look snazzier Here is your chance.

DOZENS of Geelong pathology workers are set to lose their jobs after a major local employer outlined its plans to cut staff numbers. More details emerged this ...

THE central Geelong landscape is continuing to change as construction on the G1 Apartment development tops-out.

DIVE into some of the best properties with swimming pools across the Geelong region as the temperature is set to hit 30C for most of this week.

Geelong and Corio Police are searching for four people wanted on outstanding arrest warrants. 45-year-old Geoffrey Chapman is wanted regarding numerous ...

FIREFIGHTERS will spend the night at Murgheboluc to monitor a smouldering pile of 500 hay bales which at times had the appearance of a volcanic lava flow.

Police are after help from Geelong locals in identifying a man Police wish to speak to in relation to an alleged sexual assault in the CBD. Officers have released ...

GEELONG father-son draftee Oscar Brownless has wasted little time making his mark at the Cats, with the 18-year-old one of several recruits to have caught the ...

THE founder of Geelong-born retail giant Cotton On has been named among Australia's top 30 richest people. Nigel Austin was ranked 27 on the latest Forbes ...

A HOMELESS man has been jailed for attacking and robbing another man in central Geelong on Saturday morning. Troy Matthews was on two counts of bail ...

A garbage truck driver who drank beer before a bike crash which killed a Geelong tourist in New York has been fined. Want news in your INBOX? Subscribe ...

While Melbourne's property market is on a downward turn, new figures suggest it is not the case in regional Victoria. According to new data from ...

A NEARLY 50000 surge in fines for drivers has been revealed at an unlikely intersection in Geelong.

GEELONG coach Liam Buchanan is backing star captain Eamonn Vines to turn his lean summer around ahead of tomorrows clash with Kingston Hawthorn.

COACH Nathan Rogers has promised the region will see a very different Rangers side as he prepares for his first season in charge of the club.

A Geelong-based police sergeant is due back in court in March, after being accused of changing locks on properties that did not belong to her. Rosa Catherine ...

DAN Harris didnt get the chance to attend either of the two Melbourne Renegades BBL games at GMHBA Stadium.

AN Armstrong Creek teenager hopes he can drive politicians to act on issues that matter most to young people. Lachlan Houen, pictured with his dog Zoe, is one ...

GEELONG has stepped up its preparations for the 2019 season this week by welcoming some familiar faces to its open training sessions. On Monday, umpires ...

SAVVY Geelong investors priced out of other coastal markets have started to swoop on bayside Bellarine Peninsula towns.

From Corio to Belmont there are properties for sale for less than $450,000, some need a lot of work while others are ready to move straight into. Here are five ...

A BANNOCKBURN man will have to repay more than 25000 after his graffiti spree targeting trains and other public property was stopped by police.

HOMEBUYERS out of luck in Geelong's uber-popular inner west suburbs are finding life better south of the river.

Jennifer Cromarty will commence in her new role with the Committee for Geelong in March. The organisation says Ms Cromarty brings an extensive range of ...

A BROKEN down truck is causing major delays for commuters on the Melbourne Rd.

BUYERS will have a better chance of securing a dream home at a realistic price as experts predict subdued growth in Geelong.

THE interest for a stunning renovated Victorian era house in blue chip Newtown is incredibly strong.

Researchers are trying to save one of the rarest flowers in the world which is found in Geelong. There are just two Dwarf Spider-orchids left in the wild in Victoria ...

POLICE are on the hunt for the driver of a distinctive silver wagon that hit a woman while fleeing a crash.

A master plan is being put together for North Geelong's Osborne Park precinct and residents are being invited to have their say. The City of Greater Geelong ...

While younger locals may have been disappointed to discover they would not be seeing the real life Bumblebee, the 660-tonne load was nonetheless an ...

The Andrews Labor Government is helping Geelong's visitor economy grow by supporting a plan to increase the number of people travelling to the region to visit ...

Coming off a second consecutive embarrassing knock-out final thrashing, this time in a preliminary final, the Cats and Chris Scott entered 2018 feeling the heat, ...

Leading form analyst Michael Manley believes promising type Clarice Cliffs can return to the winner's list when she steps out at Geelong. BEST BET: CLARICE ...

OUTDOOR living has really come into its own in recent years, putting the spotlight firmly on the humble backyard.

Two 'monitors' appointed to watch over Geelong's return to a democratically elected council are no longer required and should be removed, according to the ...

GEELONG's GMHBA stadium has added to its accolades with a prestigious nationwide award for best regional stadium. The Austadium awards judge stadiums ...

A hall near the Geelong Railway station has gone up in flames with thick smoke seen billowing from the building. CFA crews including seven vehicles were ...

The company has announced Jack Rabbit's Shiraz 2017 and Sauvignon Blanc 2018 will be introduced as part of its Santan menu from this month. The locally ...

Geelong is set to swelter today with the mercury set to reach 43C. A Total Fire Ban is in place for the whole state with severe fire danger across our region.

Geelong's landscape is set to change dramatically this year, with a raft of building projects scheduled for completion in 2019. The $33 million Barwon Health ...

A DANCE teacher has praised the efforts of firefighters to save historic buildings surrounding a meeting hall gutted by fire on Saturday.

I refuse to call them homeless, a term that seems to demand bucketloads of sympathy and comes with an automatic excuse for public misbehaviour. You know ...

An enormous, high-tech object will be hauled from Geelong Port through to Lismore, and motorists are encouraged to watch it go by. The 663 tonne transformer ...

GEELONG home values grew more than 8 per cent last year as the local market continued to defy a national slump.

TWO parties competed for a classic beach house in the heart of Anglesea with the successful buyer having to pay well above expectations to secure it.

A 3.1 magnitude earthquake struck the nation's capital, Canberra, on Friday, with locals reporting shaking and loud noises. Geoscience Australia says the ...

GEELONG triple Paralympian Mitch Gourley will lead Australias contingent into next weeks 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships starting Monday.

Justin Bieber is quite the romantic...he apparently has some serious surprises up his sleeve for his wife Hailey on their big day...PLUS...he's not the only one who ...

One fan at Geelong's Kardinia Park showed a serious level of committment in attempting to pluck a catch in the crowd during the Renegades-Heat match.

HIGHTON'S Jean Burrows got cards from the Premier, Prime Minister and Governor-General to mark her 100th birthday on Wednesday, but there was one card ...

GEELONG big man Wylie Buzza has continued his strong pre-season after being one of the shining lights during a heated contested training session at Deakin ...

Police are hoping that members of the public saw strangers enter a pair of homes and take a number of valuable, and even sensitive, possessions. The first case ...

A CYCLIST is lucky to be alive after a freak accident saw him flung off his bike on the Bellarine Highway.

The spiritual leader of the terror group behind the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed more than 200 people, will reportedly be released from jail in the coming ...

MODERN renovations to classic period homes were among Geelong property watchers most lived streets in 2018.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been absent from a lot of the conversation about whether and how the partial government shutdown can end.

A man walking home from a night out with friends is hit by a car and left to die in the early hours of the morning, in what police describe as a gutless and ...

A Norlane teenager has handed himself into police in relation to an alleged sexual assault on a woman aboard a Melbourne bus. The 20-year-old victim says ...

MODERN masterpieces that redefine luxury living dominate the Geelong Advertiser's best properties for 2018.

VicRoads has revealed that a 660+ tonne transformer will still trundle through Geelong tonight, but its path has changed slightly. Initially, the cargo was going to ...

Two sets of free firework displays will be lighting up the sky in Geelong tonight, with locals encouraged to come along. The dusk fireworks display on the ...

Melbourne home values have been tipped to shed up to 8 per cent in 2019 — but the forecast is much brighter outside the capital. The housing markets in ...

A DISTRAUGHT pet owner whose beloved dog was killed by a snake bite is calling on the public to be vigilant.

Sixers and Renegades to meet again in next weekend's semi-final after Ellyse Perry's team triumphed in Geelong.

PAKINGTON St is set to get a new medical centre with at least three medical professionals, if the City of Greater Geelong approves a planning permit for the ...

DOZENS of patients at Barwon Health were put at risk of significant harm in avoidable incidents, a report has found.

And the Victorian government is warning parents of serious penalties for leaving children alone in locked in cars as the temperature rises. A Total Fire Ban has ...

Gigi Hadid was spotted outside of Zayn Malik's New York City Apartment…are these two on the brink of yet ANOTHER reconciliation? Sounds like Gigi could use ...

As British lawmakers battle over the Brexit deal, in Brussels EU negotiators are left watching and waiting. They're torn between Brexit boredom and a nagging ...

FORTY-TWO trailers have been stolen in the past three months in our region, police say.

Lifesavers have been kept busy along beaches across Geelong, the Bellarine and the Surf Coast as people flock to the coast to try to escape the heat.

Local police are stoked that one message seems to be sticking for Geelong drivers during the holidays. Officers conducted nearly 1,400 breath tests along ...

Gunfire could be heard in the distance as protesters gathered in Khartoum's Burri neighborhood on January 18. The latest demonstration followed the funeral of ...

A man who ripped off Geelong car dealers with dodgy cheques and fake receipts has been jailed. Luke Deutscher admitted to dishonestly obtaining cars, cash, ...

CATS young gun Wylie Buzza has pounced and secured his first home in Geelong.

Being that by all appearances Rob Kardashian and Alexis Skyy have some sort of relationship going on...one of his sisters is weighing in. I've got the details on ...