Galleries

Comedy, theatre, circus, burlesque, cabaret – and accountancy – is there anything Emma J Hawkins can’t do despite her “short stature”? ELISSA FRIDAY finds out. Where in Geelong do you live? My fiance Ryan and I used to live in live in Melbourne and now we live in Grovedale with our energetic staffy dog called […]

Words: Luke Voogt Highton songstress Isabella Khalife started singing as soon as she could talk. “I loved singing when I was little and I think my voice just developed naturally though my childhood,” the 20-year-old says. But she only started performing “seriously” during Year 9, after an older student walked in on her singing in […]

A new sculpture celebrates an epic community journey from the You Yangs to the sea. SHANNON BRYAN meets the artist behind Remnant Canoe. A permanent legacy of Geelong’s Mountain to Mouth (MtM) biennial extreme arts walk has been installed at Big Rock in the You Yangs Regional Park. Internationally renowned artist Benjamin Gilbert created a […]

It’s a glamorous job – but someone has to do it. ELISSA FRIDAY meets some of the people behind Avalon Airport and its chief tenant, Jetstar. Justin Giddings, Avalon Airport chief executive officer “Airports are exciting places. When people are flying out, they’re normally happy, often visiting families or holidaying, so it’s a good environment […]

Words: Luke Voogt Age was never an issue when Brook Mckeon started recruiting talented musicians from Geelong and Surf Cost for The Burbs. “A few of the young guys are more experienced then me,” the 31-year-old Melbourne singer-songwriter says. The band features the versatile Lachlan Brown, 22, bassist Ebony De Lima, 18, and drummer Danny […]

Georgie Gall left Geelong to chase her professional dreams, but reconnected with her childhood home through art. As LUKE VOOGT discovers, you can take the girl out of Geelong, but you can’t take Geelong out of the girl. Georgie Gall’s windswept seascapes help her stay connected to her childhood home. “A lot of my work […]