Greater Geelong Mayor Stretch Kontelj OAM is advocating for bipartisan support for the Geelong Ring Road Extension to deliver a critical road link to the Bellarine, ahead of the upcoming Federal Election.

Upgraded netball facilities have been officially opened at Anakie Reserve, home of the Anakie Football and Netball Club.

Exciting plans for The Hill Mountain Bike Park in Newtown, Corio’s Stead Park Dirt Jumps and the Waurn Ponds Dirt Jumps in Grovedale are now a step closer.

Two plans to fund partial road construction and sealing in Drysdale and Portarlington have received council support.

The Grammar Jetty has been badly damaged by fire and is closed until reconstruction has occurred.

Entries are now open for We the Makers Sustainable Fashion Prize, a biennial acquisitive prize and exhibition celebrating innovation in ethical and sustainable fashion.

Council has reiterated its opposition to the Lara waste to energy incinerator as part of advocacy efforts for the project to be cancelled and will seek to become a decision making authority for similar proposals in the future.

The 2025 City of Greater Geelong Youth Council was unveiled at an induction ceremony on Monday night.

Did you know that garden organic waste going into landfill creates methane, a powerful greenhouse gas? That’s why the City has put huge effort and investment into turning garden waste into nutrient-rich compost, keeping it out of landfill and reducing Geelong’s climate impact.

Korean baseball team KT Wiz will spend the summer in Geelong after a Memorandum of Understanding was recently signed between the City of Greater Geelong, local baseball clubs and the Melbourne Aces.

For the safety of both visitors and staff, the City of Greater Geelong is extending the current arrangement at the Geelong Resource Recovery Centre, which temporarily stopped accepting garden organics, soil and rubble in 2024.

The City of Greater Geelong has extended the supervised hours for the Children's Pool at Eastern Beach from 9am - 7pm daily from Boxing Day until the end of January 2025.

As part of the City’s Summer in our Laneways initiative, we’ve set up a designated 24/7 Pick Up and Drop Off zone for ridesharing services on Malop Street at the Dennys Place Breakthrough.

A delegation from Lianyungang visited Wurriki Nyal this month to mark 30 years of its sister-city relationship with us.

Seven City of Greater Geelong playgrounds have re-opened in time for Christmas following recent renewal works.

Did you know Geelong hosts a nationally significant camp of grey-headed flying foxes?