Employers' big scheme is nice, but who foots the bill? Nov 19, 2009
Skipping quickly over the call for the Geelong bypass to be extended to the Bellarine Peninsula and for upgrades of maritime precincts in such places as Frankston, Geelong, Apollo Bay, the Gippsland Lakes and Mildura, we come to item seven: ''Removal of level crossings. Melbourne has an unusual number of level crossings for a major city, with a number of attendant problems such as road traffic being held up unnecessarily, trains being delayed and serious accidents, including fatalities,'' VECCI... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Reluctant author joins honoured list of White winners Nov 7, 2009
I decided then to remake myself not as an intellectual,'' she says from her home on the Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria. She travelled around Australia, worked as a waitress and taught part-time for six years to repay her ''debt of honour. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Old Warship sunk off Victoria's coast Oct 4, 2009
"As a scuba diver, I'm extremely excited about diving on a wreck like this," the 66-year-old told AAP after watching the ship go down about 3km off Barwon Heads on the Bellarine peninsula. "From a scuba diver's point of view, it's like Christmas," he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Mother and four children die in fire Aug 17, 2009
His wife and four young children died early yesterday as 00004000 a wall of flame raged through their house in Jetty Road, Clifton Springs, on the Bellarine Peninsula. The blaze - which was fanned by gale-force winds and reduced the weatherboard and fibro-cement home to ashes - claimed the lives of Ash Holloway, 24, her sons Brodie, 3, Thomas, 2, and three-month-old twins Mackenzie and Cooper. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Cathy strikes wedded gold Apr 13, 2009
Olympic champion Cathy Freeman has married Melbourne stockbroker James Murch in a private ceremony on Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula. Under a sea of umbrellas put up to foil the long lenses of paparazzi photographers and TV cameras, the champion sprinter wed Mr Murch in front of 120 guests at the Spray Farm winery at Portarlington. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Sprinter Freeman walks down the aisle Apr 11, 2009
Olympic champion Cathy Freeman has married Melbourne stockbroker James Murch in a private ceremony on Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula. Under a sea of umbrellas put up to foil the long lenses of paparazzi photographers and TV cameras, the champion sprinter walked down the aisle to wed Mr Murch in front of 120 guests at the Spray Farm winery at Portarlington. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
