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Fighting illegal fishing on the high seas is along way from operating a vegan market in Geelong. But ELISSA FRIDAY discovers a local who combines both in her passion for animals and the environment. A passion for animal welfare and the environment has taken Lexi Marsh from suburban Newcomb to adventures on the high seas […]

From high tech to smoked eggs, a new breed of entrepreneur is reshaping the future of Geelong. LUKE VOOGT meets three local start-ups exploring new frontiers in commerce. Scores of brave Geelong entrepreneurs are risking it all to start ingenious, quirky and imaginative businesses in the city’s vibrant and changing economy. With the decline of […]

After playing in front of hundreds onstage last year Joey Donald still reckons busking is by far the toughest gig. “It’s something all musicians should do,” the 17-year-old East Geelong guitarist and singer says. “It’s the hardest audience you’ll ever have because they’re not coming to see you. But if they like you they might pay […]

They couldn’t remember each other from grade three but a night at the Sphinx Hotel was all it took to unite hometown Lara pair Lara’s Melissa Rogers and Callum Lewis. WHERE THEY MET Melissa and Callum both grew up in Lara. “We were introduced through a couple we knew,” Melissa says. “We were at the […]

Mosaics and paint are more than mediums to Helen Millar, they’re separate “worlds”. LUKE VOOGT speaks to the Highton artist about her creative passions; one public, the other private. Helen Millar’s “two worlds” of art have one important thing in common. Whether she is teaching locals to create colourful mosaics or taking her own personal […]

As our region enjoyed one of its warmest summer holiday seasons in memory, Barwon Heads’ JUSTIN FLYNN visited one of the world’s coldest countries in the dark depths of its mid-winter. As you do. Iceland had long remained a mystery to me. A land of volcanoes, geothermal pools, black-sand beaches, ancient glaciers and towering waterfalls, […]