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Physiotherapist Richard Wallace is working one client at a time on Kieser’s mission of ‘Building a stronger Australia’. After beginning in Switzerland 52 years ago, Kieser now has nearly 150 centres in Europe. Kieser Australia arrived in 2006, with 13 centres now operating across Melbourne, Geelong and Sydney. A new centre opened at Torquay in […]

Barbara Ferrante has never looked back since opening Salon Eve in 2012, at age 23. “As a determined girl, I’m always challenging myself to set goals and opening up a business was no different,” she says. “Most people who know me know I never do anything half-hearted.” Fast-forward six years Barbara’s salon has just undergone […]

Salon Meraki Colour Specialists has celebrated its second birthday with an expanded team. Owner Vicky Polyzos recently employed passionate qualified hairdresser Hannah Mahoney while introducing waxing and spray-tanning to the business menu. “The salon’s busier than ever and bringing a whole new clientele to Vines Road,” Vicky says. “We value everyone who walks in and […]

Highton’s Ken Duggan was just seven when he bought his first antique with saved pocket money. The old chair sparked his love affair with antiques, which he now prizes over modern furniture. Pegasus Antiques opened in Ken’s home 36 years ago but now occupies a “fabulously huge“ warehouse at Newtown under the management of Ken […]

Only two per cent of tradespeople in Australia are women, despite many trades having vacancy rates of half or more. But, as LUKE VOOGT discovers, Geelong’s rapid expansion is driving an influx of local women on the tools. Teneille Linehan Teneille Linehan could never see herself “sitting in an office job” despite excelling in maths […]

From starring on stage in London’s West End to life with Mamma Mia’s Natalie O’Donnell in Geelong West, Simon Gleeson speaks to LUKE VOOGT about love, acting and family. Have you adopted Geelong as your hometown after moving in 2011? I don’t think I have a hometown. You sort of lose that as a result […]