Geelong Indy - 24th July 2026

Local product a tour de force

Since starting their own small business four years ago, Daisy McCulloch and Nick Allitt have hustled hard to get where they are today.

Often working 14-hour days out of their own home or on the road at exercise and sporting events, the couple have not had a weekend off in over two years as they have worked to establish their custom-made recovery equipment business.

From searching the inventories of antique dealers for quality brass screws for their products to conducting thousands of trials of their own nasal strips, the pair have always focused on quality equipment and support for their community.

This week their diligence paid off when cycling champion Tadej Pogacar was spotted using their nasal strips for two stages of the Tour de France, winning one and coming second in the other.

As global interest in their product grows, the hustle has only just begun.

Turn to page 6 for the full story.

Fun event revived

By Matt Hewson

One of Geelong’s oldest annual celebrations will return in 2027 after a one-yearhiatus.

The Free Children’s Fun Day, which has runformorethansixdecadesatRippleside Park on 26 January to celebrate Australia Day, has received enough funding from the City of Greater Geelong to go ahead nextyear.

The event was cancelled only weeks before Australia Day this year due to a lack of increase in funding from the City formorethanfiveyears.

In January, event organiser Colin Anderso told The Independent he was “bitterly disappointed” that significantly increased costs to suppliers, exacerbated by a dwindling pool of volunteers, had meant going ahead with the 2026 event wasnotviable.

Butthisweekhesaidhisdisappointment hadvanished.

“I’mveryexcitedabouttheeventcoming back…it’s been a very important event for Geelongforwellover60years,”hesaid.

“There are tens of thousands of young children who have enjoyed that day, and for many of them it’s the first time that they’vereallycometotermswithAustralia DayandwhatAustraliaisallabout.”

Mr Anderson said councillors Eddy Kontelj and Anthony Aitken had championed increased funding for a 2027 return,upfrom$37,500to$55,000.

“The Rippleside Free Children’s Fun Day is synonymous with Australia Day in Geelong,”CrKonteljsaid.

“It’s something locals, visitors and families, particularly children, look forward to each year, especially those livinginournorthernsuburbs.

“This is a really important event on

Geelong’s calendar. It brings people together, creates lasting family memories and helps make Australia Day in Geelong evenmorespecialandwelcoming.”

Mr Anderson said the next step was reinvigorating the ageing and shrinking eventcommitteewithnewmembers.

“We want fresh ideas…how can we celebrateAustralia?”hesaid.

“The way Australia was celebrated 60 years ago was reenactments of (Captain) Cook and that sort of thing; totally inappropriate,it’sobsolete.

“Thefirstflagthatgoesupatoureventis the Aboriginal flag, and that’s done with greatpride.

“We’re looking for ways where we can have more people join us in the celebration, and having fresh ideas on the committee is absolutely essential. So people who are thinking about joining, watchthisspace.”

Community support heats up

By Jena Carr

Queenscliff Fire Brigade will replace ageing equipment to help its volunteers better support the community while remaining safe.

The fire brigade received $1782 for new equipment through the Borough of Queenscliffe’s Community Grants and Event Sponsorship program.

Brigade captain Paul Hicks said it was great to give back and be part of the Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale communities.

“The grants show a connection back to the volunteers that are contributing in the community,” he said.

“Funds will be used to upgrade aging

equipment, like replacing some nozzles with more modern versions to enhance fire suppression efficiency and safety for our firefighters.”

Queenscliff Fire Brigade was among 13 organisations that received community grants from the borough, with 11 event sponsorships also awarded.

Captain Hicks said he believed that the borough had some of the highest volunteer numbers across the country, but that the CFA was always welcoming new members.

“People generally come down to Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale to retire, so we don’t quite get the younger volunteers down here,” he said.

“When people are at that retirement age, then running around a paddock in 45-degree heat and in yellow pyjamas probably isn’t the thing for them.”

Mayor Donnie Grigau said volunteers made the region a “better place for everyone” through their dedication and resilience.

“When community organisations succeed,ourwholeboroughbenefits,”hesaid.

“Strong communities are built by people who are prepared to volunteer, organise, coach, perform, preserve history, support their neighbours and give back to others.”

Community grant recipients included Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Queenscliff, Bellarine Catchment Network, Bellar-

Train station aid reaches six-month mark

More than 2600 V/Line passengers have been helped by the Travellers Aid service at Geelong Station since it began six months ago.

Travellers Aid volunteers help passengers safely navigate the station to get where they need to go whether that be changing between platforms, and accessing coach and local bus bays, taxi ranks and car park dropoff zones.

Volunteers also provide sighted guide assistance for passengers who are blind or have low vision, help with luggage, and offer wheelchair support for people with limited mobility or temporary injuries.

“Every day, we see the positive impact this service has on people’s lives,” Travellers Aid site supervisor Geelong Debbie King said.

“Helping members of our community access the places and opportunities that matter most to them is a privilege and something I’m deeply proud of.”

The service also operates at Southern Cross, Flinders Street, Ballarat and Seymour stations and will assist more than 40,000 passengers this financial year.

“Building on years of support for Geelong passengers at Southern Cross Station, this partnership with V/Line sup-

ports more journeys and helps position Geelong as an accessible and inclusive destination of choice,” Travellers Aid chief executive Elias Lebbos said.

“In just six months, Travellers Aid has already made a real difference for thousands of passengers at Geelong Station, helping people travel with greater confidence, safety and independence,” V/Line chief executive Will Tieppo said.

“We want every passenger to feel safe and comfortable when they travel, and we’re proud to partner with Travellers Aid to provide extra assistance for those who need it.”

Festival coup for Geelong as Spilt Milk confirmed until 2030

The City of Greater Geelong has secured a world-class music festival until 2030.

Geelong will host the Victorian iteration oftouringmusicfestivalSpiltMilkforatleast the next five years, including the 2026 event.

One of the state’s biggest annual music events, and the largest in regional Victoria, the festival was established in Canberra by Kicks Entertainment in 2016 and expanded to Ballarat in 2019, Gold Coast in 2022 and Perth in 2023.

Estimatedtohaveinjectedmorethan$45 million into the Victorian economy since

coming to the state, the 2025 event in Ballarat drew 34,000 people to that region to experience live performances from the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Doechii, Genesis Owusu and The Rions.

“Geelong is the perfect stage for the festival’s next five years, and we want to thank Visit Victoria and the City of Greater Geelong for backing what Spilt Milk can do,” Kicks Entertainment director and co-founder Ryan Sabet said.

“Their support means we can keep proving that a world-class festival doesn’t need a

ine Community Health, Combined Probus of Queenscliffe, and Fort Queenscliff Heritage Association. Point Lonsdale Bowls Club, Point Lonsdale Tennis Club, Queenscliff Lonsdale RSL, Queenscliffe Historical Museum, Queenscliffe Literary Festival, Queenscliffe Maritime Museum and Shedding the Blues (StB) also received community grants.

Event sponsorships were awarded to 1st Queenscliff Sea Scouts, Bellarine Arts Trail, Blues Train Presents, Cottage by the Sea, Creaky Dance Theatre, and Echo Theatre.

New Swell Choir, Queenscliff Film Festival, StB ‘Battle of the Youth Bands’ , St George’s Flower Show and World Healing Day 2027 also received event sponsorships.

Winter fishing rewards those who persevere

By Les Cameron, Lara

After 28 years as a Worksafe inspector, a battle with prostate cancer and brand-new left shoulder, it was time to retire.

But I was determined to ensure my retirement days were my best days, not my end of days.

So, I pursued my passion for fishing in and around Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula. I have extended this season to include winter fishing.

So, what’s to catch during the winter months? We have flathead, squid, whiting, the odd snapper, salmon, gummy shark, garfish to name a few.

On 6 July, I caught 10 squid and an 85cm snapper. We are blessed with excellent fishing spots, including many piers and jetties and also boat ramps.

Ranging from Avalon, Geelong Grammar School jetty, St Helens boat ramp, Limeburners boat ramp and St Leonards to Clifton Springs and beyond.

capital city and keep bringing tens of thousands of young people to regional Victoria every December.”

Member for Geelong Christine Couzens said bringing the festival to Geelong was a fantastic opportunity for the region’s young people.

“These kinds of experiences give them the chance to connect with friends, create lasting memories, and enjoy world-class music close to home,” she said.

“I’m proud that Geelong is attracting these major events.”

Staying warm can be improved by heated jackets, seat heaters and thermal under clothes. I also have a 12 volt food warmer which costs $20.

I notice that shore fishers utilise garden trolleys to carry gear around, which is ideal for Wangim Walk etc. In some areas it is possible to fish from your car.

Getting bait is the easy bit as a lot of service stations sell frozen baits. Once again we are blessed with a lot of specialised fishing tackle and bait shops.

To learn more on where the fish are biting, get onto Facebook as there are many local and statewide fishing groups there.

Sorugup,getoutthereandgetintothem. But leave a few for me.

Unit blaze sparks warning

Greater Geelong renters are urged to report broken or faulty fire alarms after a fire at a Hightonunit.

The resident was not home at the time of the fire, but a passerby heard the smoke alarmsandcalledtripleZero(000).

Firefightersarrivedquicklyandcontained the fire, preventing it from spreading beyondtheuniton12June.

Consumer Affairs Victoria, CFA and FRV are urging renters to report faulty or non-operational smoke alarms to their rental provider immediately, as broken or faulty smoke alarms are considered urgent

repairsunderVictoria’srentallaws.

Highton Fire Brigade member and incident controller Nathan Hill said the working alarms helped prevent more significantdamage.

“The resident wasn’t home, but the alarms were heard by someone passing the property, who immediately called Triple Zero,” he said. “That early warning allowed firefighters to arrive quickly and contain the fire before it spread further through the unit.”

Combined data from CFA and FRV shows firefighters responded to more than 3600

residential fires across Victoria during the 2024/25financialyear.

CFA chief officer Jason Heffernan AFSM said working smoke alarms provided critical early warning. “If you are renting, test your alarms regularly, never remove or disable them and report any faults as soon as they are identified,” he said. “CFA recommends smoke alarms be installed in every bedroom and living area, in addition totheminimumlegalrequirements.”

Formoreinformationaboutsmokealarm requirements, urgent repairs and renters’ rights,visitconsumer.vic.gov.au

Madison, 9, and Emily, 12, with Henley Homes tradie George Brewty are supporting the Geelong Good Friday Appeal home auction.

House of hope opens its doors in Lara

Two young Royal Children’s Hospital patients have opened the door to the 2027 Good Friday Appeal House at Villawood Properties’ Coridale community in Lara. Emily, 12 and Madison, 9, joined volunteer tradies on Monday 20 July to welcome the future Good Friday Appeal House into the Lara community, marking the beginning of a special build.

Emily continues to travel to the Royal Children’s Hospital for treatment for a rare brain tumour, that she will live with for the rest of her life and Madison has grown up with a heart condition and underwent

open-heart surgery in 2025.

The reveal continues the long-running partnershipbehindthehome,withHenley marking its 35th year of involvement and Villawood Properties’ its 18th year supporting the project.

The home will be built by the generosity of the volunteer tradies and supported by suppliers who donate their time, resources and materials.

“Openingthedoorfirstcreatesagenuine welcome for Emily, Maddie, their families, volunteertradiesandsuppliers,settingthe tone for a build grounded by community

andcompassion,”Henleygeneralmanager marketing Tindi Sorbera said.

“Every year we donate a premium allotment from one of our masterplanned communities to the Good Friday Appeal,” Villawood Properties managing director Rorie Costelloe said.

“This lot, worth $400,000, is set in a fantastic community with one of our signature Villawood’s residents’ clubClub Coridale - an adventure park, future retail and community centre, landscaped reserves, a district sports ground and hand-picked tree canopies.”

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buses

Tap and go technology is now available on Geelong’s bus routes to makecatchingpublictransporteasier acrosstheregion.

The technology was enabled on the Geelong bus network on 19 July, allowing passengers to tap on and travel using a bank card, smartphone orsmartwatch.

Acting Minister for Public and ActiveTransportNickStaikossaidthe rolloutwouldmakegettingaroundon publictransporteasier.

“Whether it’s a train, a tram or now a bus, we’re making it simpler for Victorians to get where they need to go,” he said. “More than two million tap and go trips have been taken (since trials began in March), demonstrating Victorians love the convenience of using their bank card orphonetotravel.”

More than 2500 myki-enabled buses will be switched on in stages across the state’s bus network by Sunday26July.

Passengers should look for a Visa or Mastercard logo on the bus ticket readertoseeiftheycanusetapandgo paymentsfortheirjourney.

Concession passengers, seniors and people under 18 should continue using their concession and free youth mykicards.

People who prefer to use their myki card can continue to do so, with staff on hand to help passengers as the rollout continues. Passengers are also being encouraged to have their myki cards available in case their bus service is not yet switched on for tap andgopayments.

Purr-fect way to help

The Geelong community can help make a differenceinthelivesofvulnerablecatsand dogsthroughafundraisingappeal.

Geelong Animal Welfare Society (GAWS) has already raised more than $67,000 through this year’s Winter Appeal and is encouraging the Geelong community to helpmeetits$75000fundraisinggoal.

GAWS chief executive Helen Cocks said the appeal will help provide lifesaving medicaltreatment,fostercareandessential supporttoanimalsinneed.

“We are so grateful to everyone who has supported the Winter Appeal so far,” she said.

“Reaching 89 per cent of our goal is a wonderful reflection of our community’s compassionforanimalsinneed.

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“We’re so close to our goal, and every donation in these final days will help providesafety,careandasecondchancefor animalswhohavenowhereelsetoturn.”

GAWS has also been sharing stories of animals who were adopted by their foster carers,likecatTaswhofirstarrivedatGAWS afterhewasfoundlyinginagutter.

Tas was believed to be dead until GAWS staff realised that he was still alive, which led to him being rushed into emergency veterinarycare.

Tas weighed 390 grams and was found to be carrying two intestinal parasites, with both eyes sealed shut and one severely ulcerated,leadingtotheremovalofhisright eye.

Ms Cocks said Tas has since found a

forever home with his foster care family followinghisrecovery.

“These stories remind us that behind every donation is an animal whose life can bechanged,”shesaid.

“Foster care gives animals the time and space to heal, and it’s often where we see frightenedanimalsbegintotrustagain.”

Foster care provides a quiet environment for many animals to recover from illness, surgery or the stress of shelter life before findingtheirforeverfamily.

GAWS cared for 3170 animals during the last financial year, with 1008 supported throughtheFosterCareProgram.

Visit gaws.org.au/winter-appeal-2026 for more information and to donate to GAWS’ WinterAppeal.

Children’s book gains international praise

By Jena Carr

Bell Park’s Marisa Alo has received high praiseforherlatestbookafteritwasnamed as a finalist in the International Book Awards.

The author and illustrator’s self-published book ‘Where Are You Now Dad?’ was named as a finalist in the Children’s Religious category.

Ms Alo said she wrote the book as a source of comfort for children and adults, and that the story followed a boy named

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Billywhostrugglestocopewithhisfather’s death.

“Itwasreallyexciting...andIdidn’texpect it at all, especially not for an international competition,” she said.

“The book provides kids with a different way of thinking that can help get them through grief instead of just having no answers.

“I’ve written a story for children to make it easy for children to understand, so it’s pretty much a story that’s written in a way that you can overcome grief.”

Ms Alo said the book was a faith-based resource that was inspired by her personal experience with grief.

“Iwasacarerformyparentsastheyboth had terminal illnesses and then they both diedfairlyclosetoeachother,soIwasquite devastated when I lost both,” she said.

“I had family and friends around who were there for me, but one of the main things that really got me through my grief was changing my way of thinking.”

Visitmarisaalo.comformoreinformation about Ms Alo and her books.

Turning a new leaf

A tree replacement and planting project will soon begin in Torquay, with35existingtreesbeingremoved.

Surf Coast Shire Council will begin removing trees on Pride Street from Wednesday 29 July, with a planting of 52 new trees planned to begin shortly after.

Councillor Phoebe Crockett said theprojectwoulddeliver17newtrees along the street, with all existing median strip trees being replaced between Bell Street and Anderson Street. “We’re creating a healthier canopy along Pride Street that will bringallofthebenefitsthatstreettrees generate,” she said. “This was chosen as a priority location for planting as a key connection in Torquay for people walking, riding or driving between BellStreetandthetowncentre.”

The new trees will be selected for their suitability to coastal conditions tohelpensuretheygrowsuccessfully, continuetothrive,andreachasimilar heighttotheexistingtrees.

Pride Street property owners between Bell Street and Anderson Street have been informed of the works, with minor traffic disruptions expectedduringtreeremovals.

Parking along the streets’ median strip will continue to be permitted between trees following the project’s completion, with the number of informal parking spaces expected to remainsimilar.

The project forms part of council’s Branching Out public tree planting program, with further planting projects in surrounding streets of the Old Torquay area also planned this year. Visit yoursay.surfcoast.vic.gov.au/ branching-out for more information abouttheproject.

council invests in more security for neighbourhood houses

Local neighbourhood houses will now have greater funding security thanks to a new approach from the municipality.

Geelong council has announced it will provide multi-year funding agreements to all 14 of Greater Geelong’s neighbourhood houses, providing each with increased funding of $17,500 per year.

The multi-year approach comes in response to the City of Greater Geelong’s social inclusion needs analysis, Belonging in Geelong, which found 25 per cent of residentsexperience loneliness.

That number jumps to 39 per cent for LGBTQIA+ residents, 60 per cent for young people, 61 per cent of people with

a long-term disability and 77 per cent of people in mental health distress. Neighbourhood houses, which provide

inclusive spaces for residents to access activities and support in their local area, willbeabletoplanongoingprogramswith more certainty thanks to the multi-year funding guarantees.

Geelong mayor Stretch Kontelj said neighbourhood houses provided “important social infrastructure that strengthens community resilience and wellbeing.”

“The 14 houses across the region offer a diverse range of opportunities, such as food banks, short courses, volunteering, comedy workshops, family support services, meditation and children’s activities,” he said. “Our switch to

multi-year funding agreements will reducetheadministrativeburdenonthese neighbourhood houses and provide more certainty for their programming.”

Deputy mayor Eddy Kontelj said the council was committed to investing in stronger and more connected communities.

“We’re providing funding to neighbourhood houses, because they create opportunities for people to put themselves out there, make new friends and upskill,” he said.

“Now,morethanever,weneedin-person opportunities to reduce social isolation andlonelinessandcreatepositivechange.”

Sails funding confirmed

Australia’s biggest celebration of sailing is back for 2027.

Hosted by the Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC), the Festival of Sails announced this week it would run from 23 to 26 January next year after funding was confirmed from the Victorian government and the City of Greater Geelong.

The festival, which draws more than 100,000 visitors to Geelong every January, isnowopenforentriesforitsfive-day keelboat sailing regatta, which is recognised as Australia’s oldest sporting event.

The event is much more than a regatta, however, with the Geelong waterfront precinct coming to life across the January long weekend with a range of live music, entertainment, hospitality experiences and family activities for the whole community.

RGYC vice commodore and outgoing festival chair Phil Francis said the week-

end drew more than 300 yachts to its on-water event.

“The Festival of Sails is the biggest keelboat regatta in the Southern hemisphere, wehavethousandsofsailorshere,”hesaid.

“It’s a great event both on water and the community event on shore. It’s a great atmosphere for everybody, and everybody’s welcome to come.”

Member for Geelong Christine Couzens said the festival was a unique event that offered something for everyone.

“We’re thrilled to again support the Festival of Sails, one of Geelong’s major tourist attractions,” she said.

“Not only will it provide an incredible spectacle and entertainment on the bay, Festival of Sails 2027 will bring visitors to our hotels, pubs, cafes and businesses, providing a boost to Geelong’s economy.”

Visit festivalofsails.com.au for more information.

Coastcare planting the next steps for vegetation on tree day

By Jena Carr

Ocean Grove community members can help sprout social connections and healthier environments during Sunday’s National Tree Day.

Ocean Grove Coastcare will host two planting events at Blue Waters Lake and Bukareeyoo from 10am on 26 July to encourage people to look after their local environments.

President Margot Busch said the

events would include planting grasses and shrubs, helping return indigenous vegetation to the area.

“I’m really looking forward to seeing people and the joy on their faces as planting is always a lovely event,” she said.

“The kids especially seem to get quite a lot of joy out of digging in the dirt, putting in a plant and going back at a later time to see the plant’s progress.

“Participation with and between the community is the loveliest part of the

day, but we also look forward to seeing the area be vegetated with plants that would have once lived there.”

Ms Busch said the planting day was a “recreational event that doesn’t require that much of people”, with morning tea also available to thank participants for their efforts.

“We can provide gloves, but people are encouraged to wear closed-toe shoes and kids up to the age of about 16 need to be accompanied by a guardian,” she said.

“People who live around Blue Waters Lake are especially being encouraged to participate in the event there to help revegetate some of the area that’s been impacted by introduced species.”

The planting events are free, but people must register their attendance at events.humanitix.com/national-treeday-planting-events for catering purposes.

Daisy and Nick go global

Geelong locals Daisy McCulloch and Nick Allitt had the unexpected pleasure of seeing one of their products being worn by champion cyclist Tadej Pogacar during his Stage 14 victory at the Tour de France this week. They spoke to Matt Hewson about creating their own successful business from the ground up.

Somebusinessesspendanywherefrom tens of thousands to tens of millions of dollars each year sponsoring Tour de France riders, teams or the event itself to get their brand on camera during the biggest annual sporting event in the world.

But the owners of local business Dopamine Labs – Daisy McCulloch and NickAllitt–didn’tspendasinglecenttoget their boutique brand of nasal strip on the broadcast,plasteredonthefaceofnolesser riderthanfour-timeTourdeFrancegeneral classification winner Tadej Pogacar.

In fact, they were paid for the privilege.

A chance encounter with Pogacar’s UAE Team Emirates teammate, British cyclist Adam Yates, at this year’s Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race in February led to the unexpected publicity.

“It was incredibly random; Nick had just left the booth and I was standing there by myself,” Daisy said.

“Wehadanactivationsetupattherace… and it was a super quiet period, no one had come over for a little bit. Then Adam Yates walked over and I said, ‘do you want to try a nasal strip?’.

“He just said, ‘no, just give me a packet’. Then he walked off and Nick came back and I told him Adam Yates had just bought a packet of nasal strips.

“We were hoping to see him wearing one the next day at the end of the race, but that was pretty well all we thought of it.”

Fouryearsago,DaisyandNickwereboth unhappy with their job situations.

Daisy was working away at various side hustles after a “longer than planned for” stint at a supermarket deli, while Nick had undergone surgery for a repetitive strain injury suffered through his job as a tower crane operator.

Both, however, were into weight training and general fitness and were using a range of recovery solution items such as compression boots, ice baths and saunas.

“Nick has a very good mind for critical thinking and figuring things out and I always had a strong pull to business; I was the kid out front selling bunches of flowers and lemonade and stuff,” Daisy said.

“I had been making jewellery, refurbishing furniture, selling sourdough bread for a little while, just trying to find the thing that could actually become a business.

“We got into the recovery business because all the things we were using were really helping us, and we thought they’d be pretty easy to market when we believed in the products.”

And so Dopamine Lab was born.

“At the start of our business, we really went in with an attitude of just helping people,” Daisy said. “And to be honest we weren’t making a lot of money…we would give boots away to anyone with real health problems, we’d give discounts to anyone who said they really needed the products and couldn’t afford them.

“And we just hustled and went to every single event that we could.”

Butfromthebeginningtheyfocusedfirst andforemost onthequalityoftheproducts they sold.

“Itwasareallybigthingforus,stickingto our guns with the quality,” Nick said.

“Wehavehadopportunitiestosellthings that would have made us money that we don’t believe in or didn’t think were good enough for people to be spending their hard-earned money on.

“But everything we sell is something that we would be happy to spend our money on…integrity is worth more to us than making a quick buck.”

A little over a year ago, the two began using nasal strips for both exercise and sleeping.

“We tried them ourselves and thought they worked pretty well…they were amazing for sleep and for anything aerobic,” Nick said.

“But we were also hearing complaints –similar to ours – from other people about the failures of different points of other nasal strips. So we bought as many as we could, pulled them apart, tinkered away and worked out what we thought would work better.

“So we came up with this design of ours, with a bit larger surface area, a bit more tension in the action, and also – a big one for us – we independently lab-tested our glue.

“We’d seen reactions from other brands on people at the gym…and if you’re slapping glue on your face for who knows how many hours you want to know what’s going in there.”

Daisy said the pair have trialled their VO2X nasal strips on “probably between five and ten thousand people at events” and never had a complaint about skin reactions.

“And I have incredibly sensitive skin and have reacted to every other brand we tried, so I’m pretty confident in ours,” she said.

“And now the guy winning the Tour de France is wearing them.”

When Yates nonchalantly bought a packet of nasal strips in February, Daisy and Nick were simply hoping to see the British cyclist wear one at the Cadel men’s event.

But they soon saw him sporting the bright yellow strips for podium finishes in multiple countries.

Everything we sell is something that we would be happy to spend our money on…integrity is worth more to us than making a quick buck - Nick Allitt

“After we’d seen him use them around theworld–IthinkthelasttimeI’dseenhim use them was in Oman – I reached out to the UAE Emirates team about licensing an image,” Nick said.

“They thanked me for emailing them, then flat out refused any licensing of images. And we understood how that works…so we just sort of left it at that.

“So that was that for us, until we woke up on Sunday morning to a flood of messages from people saying ‘is that your nasal strip that just took out stage 14 of the Tour de France?’”

The couple then saw a TNT Sports Cycling interview with Pogacar where he was asked about the nasal strip.

“Adam (Yates) gave (it to) me just before, and when Adam gives you his gadgets, you take,” the stage winner replied with a laugh.

Pogacar also wore one of the strips –which match the GC leader’s yellow jersey nicely – in the stage 16 individual time trial on Tuesday, comfortably taking out second place and maintaining a 4 minutes and 32 seconds lead in the Tour overall.

Nick said this week had been something of a whirlwind for their business.

“It’s opened a lot of conversation with retailersanddistributorshereinAustralia, and we’re hoping it’s the beginning of something bigger for the brand,” he said.

“Just a few days before, some national cyclistsinLatviareachedouttous.They’re keen to distribute (the strips) because they also met us at…Amy’s Grand Fondo last year and have been using them.

“We received a lot of messages of congratulation from them, and quite a few photos of them riding wearing the strips alongside Tadej wearing them…so it’s been a busy week.”

Daisy said they were proud to see their commitment to their ethos of doing things the right way start to pay off

“We just have good conversations with everyone, we get along with people really well,” she said.

“I feel very proud that we’ve been our authentic selves, we’ve conducted business with integrity and we haven’t sacrificed the quality of the products in any way.”

Visit dopaminelab.com.au for more information on Daisy and Nick’s products.

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Returns make event cents

By Jena Carr

A Geelong challenge event will help turn cans and bottles into positive change for community sporting clubs.

Waste advocacy group Boomerang Alliance will partner with Geelong Amateur Football & Netball Club (GAFNC) to host the 20c Return Day Challenge on Saturday 25 July.

GAFNC operations manager Nicole Robertson said the standard 10 cent containerdepositrefundwouldbedoubled on the day, translating to 20 cents per eligible container donated to the club.

“It’s creating awareness of the need to care for the environment as well as raising money for the club,” she said.

“Community sport is invaluable to the region, and I’ve been at the club since I was eight years old, so sport just brings everyone together.

“Alotofpeoplehavecometotheclubnot just to play football, but they come for the social side of it and the family vibe that it creates.

“Hopefully all sections of the club, whether it’s netball, junior football, or senior football, and the surrounding community can all bring some cans down on the day to help fundraise.”

Ms Robertson said proceeds raised throughout the event would directly fund critical facility upgrades at GAFNC, including essential safety nets for the top oval.

“Wehavejuststartedgettingnewchange rooms built on the top oval, which will mean that there will be more activity around the goal area,” she said.

“We’ve also got plans to get a third netball court because of the growth at the club, so...you get more out of the club than what you put into it.

“All the members work hard to keep the club running and facilities upgraded just so kids, like my son, will get the future benefit of the hard work that is put into the club environment.”

Community members can bring eligible and uncrushed drink containers to the collectionpointsetupatHighton’sQueens Park grounds during the 20c Return Day Challenge from 9am to 4pm on Saturday.

Creating a lasting chapter for Lutheran College students

Concordia is now open at Geelong Lutheran College’s Armstrong Creek, providing students and teachers with betteraccesstoliteratureandinformation.

The school’s new Resource Centre was officially opened on 22 July, alongside the unveiling of a timber installation resembling a bookcase titled the Lasting Chapter legacy wall at the entrance.

Acting principal Dr Tsae Wong said the two-story building would support students at every level of their learning.

“We are thrilled to have Concordia officially open, and ready to welcome students in for library lessons and research tasks,” she said.

“Our college is grateful to have been

able to partner with the government to deliver this fantastic new facility for our students.

“TheLastingChapterwallandthemany books donated through our Grandparents Day celebrations reflect the generosity of our community, for which we truly appreciate.

“This new addition to the Armstrong Creek campus with dedicated primary and secondary spaces will be a place where curiosity is nurtured, learning is celebrated, and where students are encouraged to grow as lifelong learners.”

The Lasting Chapter legacy wall was built by a teacher and the Product Design students, and displays sponsored book

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spines purchased by college families.

The new building also features an elevated connection to the neighbouring Year 11 and 12 centre Ngarrwa to help create stronger links between learning spaces across the campus.

The state government supported the school’s $6.5 million project through a $3 million grant from round two of the Non-Government Schools Capital Fund.

Last year’s Geelong Youth Awards winners. (Supplied)

Youth awards nominations now open

Acknowledge the young people making a big impact in our community by nominating them for the 2026 Geelong Youth Awards.

Nominations for the annual municipal awardsarenowopen,givingthecommunity the chance to celebrate the outstanding contributions and achievements of people aged 12 to 25 years of age who live, work, studyorvolunteerin ourregion.

Nominations can be made in nine categories, including Arts and Music, Citizenship, Cultural Awareness, Innovation and Leadership, as well as the Volunteer Award that recognises people of any age who work with young people.

Geelong’s junior mayor Vignesh Ram saidhewasexcitedtoseetheYouthAwards continue to recognise the incredible contributions of young people across the municipality.

“It’ssoinspiringandmotivatingtoseeso

manypassionateyoungpeoplesteppingup every day, supporting others and aspiring to create meaningful change in Geelong,” hesaid.

“The Geelong Youth Awards are a great way to celebrate the dedication, leadership and impact which you display in your lives, and I’d like to encourage everyone to nominate someone making a true difference to our community.”

Geelong mayor Stretch Kontelj said young people’s contributions were often not recognised by the media.

“The Geelong Youth Awards helps to bring this into focus by sharing the stories of inspiring young people who are making a genuine impact and demonstrating leadership, resilience, diverse talents and community spirit,” he said.

Nominations are open at geelong.link/ Geelong-Youth-Awards until Friday 14 August.

Scouts nest nature

By Jena Carr

Ocean Grove Cub Scouts will help provide safe homes for native birds in celebration of World Scout Scarf Day.

The scouts will install handmade bird nesting boxes throughout Ocean Grove Park on 1 August while proudly wearing their scarves to celebrate the values of scouting.

Cub Scout leader Nicole Wilson said the project provided the opportunity for the cubs to learn about conservation, teamwork, and community service.

“We’ve been collaborating with the Ocean Grove and District Men’s Shed and OceanGroveNatureReservetobuildsome bird boxes to help out the native wildlife and birds,“ she said.

“There’s been a lot of learning for all of us in this collaboration...and the kids were very excited to build the nesting boxes as there are no bird boxes in the park currently.

“The boxes have been built in three different sizes and...how this is going to help native birds by having these safe houses to live in the park.

“It’s also helping the cubs understand thattheseboxeswillhelpthewildlifecome into our community as we’re giving them a safe place to live in and hopefully be around for a lot longer.“

Ms Wilson said the project allowed the cubs to leave a lasting legacy for Ocean Grove, while showcasing a colourful and memorable celebration of youth in action.

“Members that are in scouting are a

Voices sing against violence

By Jena Carr

A free event in Queenscliff will encourage peopletocometogethertoraiseawareness and stand up against family violence.

Shedding the Blues will host its Sing Out AgainstFamilyViolenceeventonSaturday 25 July, featuring songs by musicians and community members.

Chair Des Gorman said that, even if just one person was positively affected, it made the whole event worthwhile.

“We want to build a little bit of outrage because family violence should not be happening in our communities,” he said.

“We will intersperse songs with key messages and data to really build up the awarenessofwhatatrickyandchallenging issue it is.

“It is also a way to show how individuals

could respond if someone disclosed to them or if they had a sense that someone was not safe, either a woman in the family or the whole family.”

The first Sing Out event was held in April and included the Sexual Assault and Family Violence Centre receiving $2000 in fundraising proceeds.

“Wehopepeoplegoawaywithjustalittle bitmoreawarenessandknowledgeofwhat they can do,” Mr Gorman said. “Also, if a person is being affected or feeling unsafe, wewillalsobegivingoutpostcardsaround where they can go to get help.”

The event will feature songs by Sarah Carroll, Andrea Robertson, Tess Duddy, Rob Grundel, Isabell Tollhurst, Shedding the Blues’ community pop-up band, and Sea of Ukes from 10.30am on Saturday at UnitingChurch Queenscliff

lot more resilient to issues at school and problems that might arise at home and things like that,“ she said.

“It is also a safe environment where they can experience controlled failure, where they can learn to bounce back from mistakes or when things go wrong.

“Making a difference and a positive impact on the local park with this activity gives them that boost of self-esteem and resilience.“

World Scout Scarf Day is held annually on1Augustandisatimeforscoutsaround the globe to wear their scarves in public to raise awareness of scouting.

Ocean Grove Cub Scouts will be putting upthebirdboxesfrom9amontheday,with community members welcome to come along and ask questions about scouting.

Locals star in free short film event

Film fans can experience a smorgasbordofshortfilmdelightsata freeeventinDrysdalethisAugust.

The North Bellarine Film Festival (NBFF) is partnering with the Boronggook Drysdale Library to present a program of short films from last year’s festival, including the 2025 Emerging Filmmaker and People’s Choiceawardswinner.

Jeanie Kane’s short film Big Johnny, which claimed both awards at the festival last year, tells the story of a lonely warehouse worker who unexpectedly discovers Melbourne’s vibrant drag scene and must find the couragetoembracehistrueself.

The program, which includes six more short films from the 2026 NBFF, also features two short films from young local movie makers that were finalists for the Emerging Filmmaker Award, Geelong filmmaker Isabella Telfer’s Run Like a Girl and Whisper From the West by Torquay’s Harley Biskup.

NBFFpresidentBillLussierwillalso address the event’s audience on the upcomingfilmfestivalinNovember.

“The North Bellarine Film Festival’s Emerging Filmmaker Award and Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award recognise young Victorian filmmakers who show exceptional commitmenttotheircraftandarethe future of Australian filmmaking,” Mr Lussier said. “This program is a great opportunity to see the works of some excitingyoungfilmmakers.”

Discovering the Impressionists

Independent photographer Ivan Kemp dodged the afternoon rain on Wednesday 22 July and sought refuge at Geelong Gallery to take in the exhibition Discovering the Impressionists only to discover there were many others who had the same idea.

NATIONAL FARM SAFETY WEEK

Helping farmers put safety first by taking proactive steps

National Farm Safety Week is a timely reminder that creating a safer farm starts longbeforeworkbegins.

It provides an opportunity to recognise the importance of working together, sharing knowledge and taking proactive steps to protect everyone who works and ontheland.

From well-maintained machinery and regular servicing to routine safety checks and using the right equipment for each task, small actions can make a significant difference in preventing injuries, reducingrisksandkeepingfarmssafeand productive.

More than a machinery dealership, Geelong Rural has been a trusted partner tothefarmingcommunityformorethan40 years.Family-ownedandlocallyoperated, the business has built a strong reputation for supplying quality agricultural machinery supported by expert advice, genuine customer service and ongoing support.

With a knowledgeable and experienced team, Geelong Rural understands the unique demands faced by local farmers and works alongside producers to help keep their equipment operating safely, reliably and efficiently throughout every season.

Whethersupportingbroadacrefarming, livestock operations, lifestyle properties or grounds maintenance, Geelong Rural provides practical machinery solutions backed by experience and industry knowledge.

FromKIOTIandAntonioCarrarotractors to Goldacres, STIHL power equipment, Bobcat and Bad Boy mowers, and quality

implements from Maschio, John Berends & Enorossi, the team helps farmers select, maintain and safely operate equipment suitedtotheirindividualneeds.

Beyond machinery supply, Geelong Ruralprovidesgenuineparts,professional servicing, repairs and preventative maintenance to help identify issues early, minimise downtime and ensure equipment remains safe, reliable and readyforworkthroughouttheyear.

Supporting the goals of National Farm Safety Week, Geelong Rural encourages farmers to take a proactive approach to machinery safety through regular servicing, equipment inspections and expert guidance. The team provides professional workshop servicing, mobile support and practical advice to help identifypotentialrisksbeforetheybecome largerproblems.

With a fully equipped workshop and experiencedservicetechnicians,Geelong Rural provides reliable assistance when farmers need it most, helping ensure machinerycontinuestoperformsafelyin demandingfarmenvironments.

Supporting the Geelong Rural team is well-known industry advocate ‘The Tractor Lady’ Amanda Davies, whose passion for agriculture, machinery and customer education has made her a familiar and trusted face throughout the region.

Together, the team is committed

to helping farmers make informed decisions, understand the safe operation oftheirequipmentandaccesstheongoing support they need throughout the life of theirmachinery.

Working alongside Victorian farmers, Geelong Rural remains committed to providing the expertise, servicing and support needed to help farmers work smarter,saferandwithconfidence.

To learn more, visit geelongrural.com. au or contact the friendly Geelong Rural teamformachineryservicing,repairsand agriculturalsupport.

Recognising our ambos

By Matt Hewson

Today (Friday 24 July) marks Thank a Paramedic Day in Australia, a chance to recognise the dedication and life-saving healthcare ambos provide their communities with every day.

Over the past 12 months, paramedics haverespondedtojustshortof20,000Code 1 incidents in the Greater Geelong local government area and about 10,000 Code 2 cases, an average of more than 80 call outs each day.

Often, they are dealing with people who are experiencing one of the worst days of their life. But Geelong paramedic Dean Jones wouldn’t have it any other way.

“The ones where you really change someone’s outcome – you deliver some care that is genuinely life-saving or life-changing – they’re not every day but you have this obvious fulfillment and reward knowing that you changed this person’s life,” hesaid.

“But it’s more common, and maybe seen as more mundane, that we get called to people who aren’t critically unwell, but they still need our help and they maybe don’t know what the next steps are.

“We might send them to urgent care, we send some people to ED, we have a virtual emergency department system where peoplecangetcareinthehome…sopeople can get the best care for them and their situation, and we support them through that.

“I enjoy that, and I think people in the

community really appreciate that we come in and talk through your situation, understand it and find the best solution for you.”

When he was nearing the end of high school, Dean knew he wanted to pursue a career in the health space. But he didn’t even consider being a paramedic until a career advisor suggested it.

The idea appealed to him straight away and Dean found himself leaving his home townofSheppartontostudyparamedicine at Victoria University in Melbourne.

“I enjoyed it from the start; I met great people, loved the skills we were taught and got the opportunity to use them,” he said.

“Then once I got into the actual job itself, the enjoyment just cascaded from there.”

Since graduating, Dean has worked with Ambulance Victoria for 11 years, living in Geelongsince2018.

He said the most important factors in dealing with the challenges of the job –often emotional in nature – were good communication skills and the mutual support paramedics provide to each other.

“You go in to meet someone, for the first time, during their most challenging time,” Dean said.

“To be able to break down that barrier pretty quickly is a skill most paramedics have; to make sure people feel comfortable that you’re there, you’re going to help and there’s a path to progress.

“And our colleagues are how we deal with the more challenging sides of what we see. The people in your branch, your

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support network’s there.

“With people who aren’t paramedics it’s hard to share the stories in the same way. But with your colleagues, everyone understands, you can talk very honestly about it.”

For Dean, Thank a Paramedic Day is as much about self-reflection as it is being acknowledged by the community.

“We’re quite lucky that we get a lot of

Singer-songwriter Newling tours new album

Indie-folk singer-songwriter Adam Newling hasn’t left many stones unturned throughout his musical life.

Now based in Newcastle, Newling began gigging at age 11 in his hometown of Cronulla, busked around Europe after finishing high school, gigged around Sydney with his own pub rock band Letters for Lions and toured the world as Ruby Fields’ guitarist before pursuing a solo career.

But he still remembers vividly that pivotal moment when he fell in love with music.

“When my eldest sister, who’s two years older than me, started primary school she joined the school band and came home with a euphonium,” Newling said.

“I remember playing it and making a god-awful sound, but my eyes just lit up and I went, wow, what is that? I was absolutely mesmerised by it.

“So I would go to before-school band practice with her and just sit in the back of the room and dance around until the music teacher, Mrs Harrison, gave me a set of maracas and said to play along.” Newling really wanted to play the saxophone, but like so many aspiring sax players he was given a clarinet to begin with.

Then, aged eight, he found his mum’s old acoustic guitar in the garage.

“As soon as I got my hands on a guitar, it was never about learning other people’s songs,” Newling said.

“It was always a vessel to create my own thing.BeforeIknewhowtoplayanything, I was writing songs.”

In 2020, after five years with Fields’ band, Newling decided it was time to strike out on his own and focus on writing his own Aussie-tinged brand of acoustic indie-folk.

Newling has just kicked off the tour for his new album The Bloody Unknown ahead of its 21 August release, which Aussie music doyen Richard Kingsmill has called “one of the greatest Australian releases I’ve heard in years”. Hesaidhisliveshowcovered“thewhole

smorgasbord of emotions”.

“I love playing live shows…it’s like you are supplying energy for people to give their energy back, there’s a perfect circle there,” he said.

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on Thursday 30 July.

positive feedback from the community, and it’s really lovely when we get it,” he said.“ButIthinkit’savaluableopportunity for paramedics to reflect on themselves, on their job and what they do, and really talk to their colleagues about how they’re going.”

Visit ambulance.vic.gov.au/donations to show your support for Victoria’s paramedics.

Geelong’s best bring the swing

LizBonnerhasbeensingingherentire life, but after three years singing in jazz group Apex Swing alongside three of Geelong’s most skilled and experienced performers she still pinchesherself.

“To play alongside these great musicians – (bassist) Rob Gador, (guitarist) Will Purcell and (pianist) FelixBlatt–it’sajoy,”Bonnersaid.

“They are all phenomenal…I’m just theapprenticeinthis,really.”

Apprenticewhenitcomestothejazz genre,perhaps,butintermsofsinging morebroadly,Bonnerhasalifetimeof experience.

“I grew up attending the Manifold Heights Church of Christ, which had areallyrichsingingculture,”shesaid. “I’moneofthoseluckypeoplethathas hadtheprivilegeofmusicinmylifein oneformoranotherfairlyconstantly.”

Bonner has studied music her wholelife,performedinbands,taught introductory songwriting courses and been integral in establishing the NorthGeelongCommunityBigBand.

When Blatt invited her to join his new project three years ago she didn’t hesitate.

“I’ve absolutely fallen in love with the genre,” she said. “It’s not that sort of jazz where you clap after every solo…these are beautiful tunes that a lot of people know from old movies andpopularculture.

“It’s relaxed, it’s charming and a bit of fun. We just want to bring people in.”

Apex Swing is at Portarlington GrandHotelonSaturday25July.

The Guide

LOVE

10, Saturday, 7.30pm

It’s the Melbourne suburb with a name that divides the locals from the pretenders: Prahran. It’s a pronunciation minefield for English-born real estate guru Andrew Winter, who visits the chic inner-city enclave with co-host Neale Whitaker (pictured left with Winter) in the fifth season of this property series. The pair are coming to the rescue of parents Joel and Anna, who bought an art deco home on a corner block with the intention of knocking it down and rebuilding their dream dwelling – before parenthood and rising interest rates put the brakes on their budget. Design expert Whitaker sets about overhauling their existing layout to create a space that suits the young family, while Winter takes the couple on a tour of open-plan alternatives.

BIG FAT QUIZ OF TELLY 2026

SBS, Monday, 7.30pm

Host Jimmy Carr fires out questions on everything from sitcom foods and TheSimpsonswhodunnits to Peppa Pig with the help of special guests including Mark Hamill and Charles Dance in this TV-themed comedy quiz. Some of the topics are a little British-centric, but there’s enough to keep Aussies feeling competitive. Among the panellists is madcap Aussie Sam Campbell (pictured, recently seen on GuyMontgomery’sGuyMontSpellingBee), a part-time Londoner who seems to be reasonably familiar with the local content. Also competing are English comedians Harry Hill, Judi Love and Tom Allen, actress Susan Wokoma (EnolaHolmes) and Irish stand-up Joanne McNally.

Friday, July 24

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

The British Stole. (PG, R) 11.00 Race Around The World. (M, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Portrait Artist Of The Year. (PG, R) 1.50 Treasure & Dirt. (R) 3.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 3.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PG, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 BBC News At Six. 8.30 France 24 English News. 9.00 DD India News Hour. 10.00 UAE From Above. (R) 11.00 Cycling. Tour deFrance. H’lights. 12.00 Cycling. Tour deFrance. H’lights. 1.00 WorldWatch. 3.00 Nula. 3.30 The Cook Up. (R) 4.00 Michael Mosley Secrets Of The Superagers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. Tour deFrance. H’lights.

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG,R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Monty Don’s Rhineland Gardens. (Premiere)

8.30 Saint-Pierre. (Mav) Arch and Fitz search the island for aninfamous bank robber who’s escaped toSaint-Pierre.

9.15 Spicks And Specks. (PG,R) Hosted bycomedian Adam Hills.

9.50 Would I Lie To You? (PG)

10.15 ABC Late News.

10.35 New Zealand Spy. (M,R)

11.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mv,R)

11.45 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv)

5.00 Rage. (PG)

ABC FAMILY (22)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 The Quest For Camelot. 8.40 Rebuilding Notre Dame Cathedral Pt2. (R) 9.50 Cycling. Tour deFrance. Stage19. Gap toAlpe d’Huez.127.9km mountain stage. From France.

2.15 The Truth About Anxiety With Celia Pacquola. (Mad,R)

3.20 Michael Mosley Secrets Of The Superagers. (R)

4.20 Ireland In Music: Sclimpini. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

PICK OF THE WEEK

MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA

10, Sunday, 7pm

When it comes to VIP guests, this season of MasterChefhas seen its fair share of star power – from Jimmy Barnes to Robert Irwin – but securing Sunday’s guest will be the show’s crowning achievement. Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is bringing her love of food, entertaining and seasonal produce to the kitchen for an unforgettable episode. The final four contestants are tasked with creating a dish that celebrates one of the Duchess’ favourite ingredients – among them artichokes, honey, macadamia nuts and quinces – and accompany it with a personal story that allows Meghan and judges Jean-Christophe Novelli, Poh Ling Yeow and Sofia Levin (pictured from left with the Duchess) to feel a sentimental connection to the meal.

GLASGOW 2026 COMMONWEALTH GAMES

Seven, Tuesday, 7pm

Unlike other recent world sporting events (looking at you, World Cup and Tour de France), the prime-time friendly nine-hour difference between us and Glasgow puts the Commonwealth Games at a very watchable hour. Emma Freedman and Matt Shirvington (both pictured) start Seven’s coverage from 7pm (AEST) each night, which promises to help any jet-lagged cycling or football fans readjust to their native time zone. Tune in on Tuesday night to catch Australia’s fastest man, Lachlan Kennedy, run for gold in the men’s 100m sprint final, while Kyle Chalmers continues his campaign in the pool and Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson battle it out in the high jump final.

World and Tour de een us Emma Freedman e ycling football to catch men’s 100m he high final. t tal connection to the meal

SEVEN (6, 7)

NINE (8, 9) 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Compass. (PG, R) 10.30 Stuff

6.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games: Opening Ceremony Continued. 7.00 Sunrise. 9.30 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games: Opening Ceremony Highlights. 4.00 Seven News At4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day1: Evening. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round20. Melbourne vGeelong. From the MCG. 10.40 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day1: Late. 12.00 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day1: Overnight.

2.00 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day1: Pre-dawn. 4.00 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day1: Early morning.

7TWO (62, 72) SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.45 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 1.30pm PJ Masks. 1.50 Kangaroo Beach. 2.30 The Makery. 3.00 Play School. 3.25 Wiggle. 4.05 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 4.20 Santiago Of The Seas. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.45 HexVets And Magic Pets. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 8.00 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 8.50 Steven Universe. 9.40 MythBusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 10.05 Late Programs.

NITV (34)

6am Morning Programs. 10.30 Front Up 2000. Noon DW The Day. 12.30 Land Of The Giants: Titans Of Tech. 2.00 Cycling. Tour deFrance. H’lights. 3.00 Cycling. Tour deFrance. H’lights. 4.05 WorldWatch. 6.05 Inside The Huddle. 6.35 Over The Black Dot. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 Big Fat Quiz Best Bits: Dream Teams. 8.30 History’s Greatest Mysteries. 9.20 The UnBelievable. 10.10 The Expanse. 11.50 Vikings: The Rise And Fall. 1.40am NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. 6am Morning Programs. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 Feel Good Road Trips. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Americas. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Bargain Hunt. 12.30am The Great Australian Doorstep. 1.00 Under The Hammer. 1.30 Room For Improvement. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Animal Rescue. 3.00 Late Programs.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 9.10 Spartakus. 10.00 Wild, Smart And Deadly. 11.00 Going Places. Noon Namarali. 1.00 A Cedar Is Life. 2.00 Island Echoes. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.40 Dreaming Big. 5.05 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.30 Nula. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Wild, Smart And Deadly. 7.30 MOVIE: Crackers. (1998, M) 9.20 MOVIE: Scrooged. (1988, M) 11.05 Nula. 11.35 Desert Hikoi. 11.50 Kings Of Baxter. 1am The Walkers. 1.30 Faboriginal. 2.00 NITV On The Road: Mbantua. 5.00 Bamay.

6am The Movie Show. 6.20 The Ploughman’s Lunch. (1983, PGals) 8.20 Satellite Boy. (2012, PGal) 10.00 The Big Lebowski. (1998, Madlnsv) 12.10pm After Hours. (1985, Mns) 2.00 Men In War. (1957, PGalw) 4.00 Dancing At Lughnasa. (1998, PGa) 5.45 The Silver Brumby. (1993, PG) 7.30 Rogue Agent. (2022, Mals) 9.40 The Fisher King. (1991, Malv) 12.10am The Professor And The Madman. (2019, Mav) 2.35 La Maison. (2022, MA15+adnsv, German, English, French) 4.10 The Fence. (2022, Mdlv)

7MATE (64, 73)

6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Pawn Stars. 1.30 American Pickers: Best Of. 2.30 Kick Ons. 3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 Tougher In Alaska. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 AFL: Friday Night Countdown. 7.30 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 1: Evening. 8.30 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 1: Night. 10.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 1: Late. 10.40 MOVIE: Death Wish. (1974, MA15+) 12.45am Late Programs.

TEN (5, 10)

The PA And The Manhattan Prince. (2023, G) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG,R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG,R) 5.00[MELB] TippingPoint Australia.(PG,R) 5.30 WIN News. 6.00

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round21. South Sydney Rabbitohs vMelbourne Storm. From Accor Stadium, Sydney.

9.55 NRL Friday Night Footy Post-Match. Post-match coverage ofthe NRL game.

10.45 MOVIE: Death Wish V. (1994,MA15+lv,R) Charles Bronson, Lesley Ann-Down.

12.40 Resident Alien. (Malv,R)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

4.30 Global Shop. (R)

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

5.30 Postcards. (PG,R)

9GEM (81, 92)

6.00 10 News+.

6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted byGrant Denyer.

7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG,R) Hosted byRebecca Gibney. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. (R) Acouple own ahome inBrighton. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns,R) Celebrity panellists compete tosee who can remember the most about events ofthe week.

9.40 10’s Late News. Coverage ofnews, sport and weather. 10.40 The Big Bang Theory. (PG,R) 11.30 10 News+. (R) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

10 COMEDY (52, 11)

6am Morning Programs. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Poirot. 1.00 MOVIE: Mine Own Executioner. (1947, PG) 3.15 Antiques Roadshow. 3.45 MOVIE: Will Any Gentleman…? (1953) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Find My Country House Australia. 8.30 MOVIE: Spectre. (2015, M) 11.25 Poirot. 12.35am Antiques Roadshow. 1.05 1.35 MOVIE: Will Any Gentleman…? (1953) 3.30 My Favorite Martian. 4.00 Gideon’s Way. 5.00 Yorkshire Auction House. 10 DRAMA (53, 12)

9GO! (82, 93)

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Nanny. 9.30 Addams Family. 10.30 Bewitched. 11.30 My Way. 11.45 Snackmasters. 2.30pm The Nanny: Oy To The World. 3.00 Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix. (2007, M) 10.15 MOVIE: Walking Tall. (2004, M) 11.50 Arrow. 2.20am The Summit. 4.00 Barbie: A Touch Of Magic. 4.30 Bubble’s Hotel. 4.50 LEGO Friends: The Next Chapter. 5.10 Hop. 5.30 Beyblade Burst: Quad Drive.

Saturday, July 25

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6.00 Rage Charts. (PG) 7.00 Wknd Brekky. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 10.30 Rage Vault Guest Programmer. (PG)

12.00 Football. VFL. Casey Demons

vGeelong. 3.00 Bill Bailey’s Wild West Australia. (PG, R) 3.45 Griff’s Canadian Adventure. (PG, R) 4.35 Kitchen Cabinet. (R) 5.05 Australian Story. (R) 5.35 Landline. (R)

6.05 Kath & Kim. (PGals,R) Brett plans aromantic trip away.

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG,R) Hosted byTom Gleeson. 7.00 ABC News. Alook atthe top stories ofthe day.

7.30 Cooper & Fry. (Ma) Cooper and Fry investigate after alocal photographer isfound dead ata popular tourist spot.

9.05 Doc Martin. (PG,R) Martin advises Mrs Moore tostop cold-water swimming until they’ve ruled out the cause ofher migraines.

9.55 Believe Me. (R) Thevictims

10.40 Little Disasters. (Mal,R) Amother rushes her baby tothe emergency room.

11.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Continuous music programming.

6am Children’s Programs. 1.50pm Kangaroo Beach. 2.30 The Makery. 3.00 Play School. 3.30 Octonauts And The Ring Of Fire. 4.50 Gardening Australia Junior. 5.15 MOVIE: Tummy Tom 2: A New Friend For Tummy Tom. (2024) 6.25 Emerald. 7.05 Let’s Go Bananas! 7.30 Kids Baking C’ship. (Final) 8.10 Kids BBQ Championship. 8.55 Chopped Jnr. 10.00 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 12.10pm The Whole Table. 1.10 Nula. 1.40 Wild, Smart And Deadly. 2.30 Over The Black Dot. 3.00 Homesteads. 3.35 Stompem Ground 4.30 Faboriginal. 5.00 Murder In Big Horn. 6.00 Home, Land & Sea.

6.40 The Other Side. 7.30 Alone Australia. 9.40 MOVIE: Event Horizon. (1997, MA15+) 11.30 Late Programs.

Sunday, July 26

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 DD India News Hour. 10.00 The World From Above. (Return) 11.00 Cycling. Tour deFrance. H’lights. 12.00 Cycling. Tour deFrance. H’lights. 1.00 WorldWatch.

3.00 Following The Flow. (PGal, R) 4.30 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Rivers. (PG, R) 5.30 Cycling. Tour deFrance. H’lights.

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Cycling. Tour deFrance. Stage20. Le Bourg d’Oisans toAlpe d’Huez.170.9km mountain stage. From France.

1.00 Underground Army. (Ma,R) Asthe war continues, the underground blows uptrains, robs convoys and releases Nazi prisoners.

2.55 Michael Mosley Secrets Of The Superagers: Future Of Ageing. (PG,R) DrMichael Mosley focuses onmedicine.

3.50 Ireland In Music: Sclimpini. (R) Wallis Bird sings her song Home 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. News from Japan. 5.15 Euronews. News from Brussels, Belgium. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight. News from Quezon City.

6am Morning Programs. Noon The Real Stories Of Basketball. 2.00 Cycling. Tour deFrance. H’lights. 3.00 Cycling. Tour deFrance. H’lights. 4.05 WorldWatch. 6.05 Mastermind Aust. 6.40 The Mega-Brands That Built The World. 7.30 Record-Breaking Submarines. 8.35 Icons Unearthed: Harrison Ford. (Premiere) 9.30 MOVIE: Crossing Over. (2009, MA15+) 11.30 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Only The Brave. (2017, Mals) 2.55 The Ploughman’s Lunch. (1983, PGals) 4.55 The Amazing Mr. Blunden. (2021, PGal) 6.30 PGhv) 8.30 Gone Girl. (2014, MA15+alsv) 11.15 The Little Death. (2014, MA15+ls) 1am The Client. (1994, Mv) 3.15 The Queen Of My Dreams. (2023, Mal) 5.05 The Amazing Mr. Blunden. (2021, PGal)

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Monty Don’s Rhineland Gardens. (R) 2.30 Race Around The World. (M, R) 3.30 The Assembly. (PG, R) 4.10 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.

6.30 Compass: Faith, Power And Modi.

7.00 ABC News. Alook atthe top stories ofthe day.

7.30 Race Around The World. William heads toMadagascar.

8.30 Treasure & Dirt. (Maln) Ivan and 9.30 Believe Me. (Mals) After Laila isdrugged and assaulted byWorboys, she appears tobe dismissed bypolice despite the CCTV footage. 10.15 Cooper & Fry. (Ma,R) Alocal photographer isfound dead.

11.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

2.40 Poh’s Kitchen On The Road. (R)

3.10 Doc Martin. (PG,R)

4.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

5.00 Insiders. (R)

6am Children’s Programs. 3.25pm The Wiggles. 4.25 Little J And Big Cuz. 4.50 Gardening Australia Junior. 5.15 Zog. 5.40 Super Monsters. 6.05 PJ Masks. 6.25 Emerald. 7.05 Let’s Go Bananas! 7.30 The Inbestigators. 7.45 The Lady Grace Mysteries. 8.10 Epic Adventures With Bertie Gregory. 8.55 Animal Park. 10.25 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. Noon Over The Black Dot. 12.30 Inside The Huddle. 1.00 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. 3.00 Rebel Country. 4.25 Big Name, No Blanket. 5.40 Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man. 6.45 Wild, Smart And Deadly. 7.35 Earth Oven. 8.30 Seasick. 10.05 MOVIE: Mystic River. (2003, MA15+) 12.30am Sunset To Sunrise. 1.00 Late Programs.

SEVEN (6, 7)

6.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 1: Morning. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Season Finale. 3.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 1: H’lights. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day2: Evening. 8.30 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day2: Night. From Glasgow, Scotland. Hosted byBruce McAvaney, Matt Shirvington, Emma Freedman, Mel McLaughlin, Jason Richardson, Johanna Griggs, Matt White, Rebecca Maddern, Trent Copeland and Lizzie Jelfs.

10.00 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day2: Late.

12.00 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day2: Overnight.

2.00 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day2: Pre-dawn.

4.00 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day2: Early morning.

6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Feel Good Road Trips. 1.00 Animal Rescue. 1.30 Secrets Of Beautiful Gardens. 2.30 Harry’s Practice. 3.00 Horse Racing. Industry Finale. 5.00 Dog Patrol. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bondi Vet. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Lewis. 10.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 1pm Blokesworld. 1.30 The Car Club. 2.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.00 Motor Racing. Night Thunder. High Limits World Tour. Replay. 4.00 American Resto. 5.00 Counting Cars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Gladiator. (2000, M) 10.40 MOVIE: 65. (2023, M) 12.40am Late Programs.

NINE (8, 9)

6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Great Australian Detour Snow. (R) 12.30 Space Invaders. (PGa, R) 1.30 MOVIE: Rocky II. (1979, PGv, R) 4.00 The Hundred With Andy Lee. (PGls, R) 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. (PG)

6.00 9News Saturday.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 MOVIE: Legally Blonde. (2001,PGls,R) Aditzy blonde enrols inlaw school. Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair.

9.30 MOVIE: Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011,Mls,R) Amiddle-aged man’s life changes dramatically after his wife asks him for adivorce. Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone.

11.50 MOVIE: If I Stay. (2014,Ma,R) Acellist isleft ina coma following acar crash. Chloë Grace Moretz, Jamie Blackley.

2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa)

2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 Global Shop. (R)

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

5.30 Helping Hands. (PG,R)

6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Canberra Raiders vCronulla Sharks. 2.30 NRLW Wrap. 3.15 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Canterbury Bulldogs vDragons. 5.00 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. North Qld Cowboys vTitans. 7.00 Customs. 7.30 TBA. Midnight Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 1.25pm Premier League Stories. 2.35 Motor Racing. IndyCar Series. Grand Prix ofNashville. H’lights. 3.40 MOVIE: Blueback. (2022, PG) 5.40 MOVIE: Red Dog. (2011, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring. (2001, M) 11.05 The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power. 12.15am Late Programs.

TEN (5, 10)

6am Morning Programs. 10.30 Key Ingredient. (R)

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 France

24 English News. 9.00 DD India News Hour. 10.00 The World From Above. (PG) 11.00 Cycling. Tour deFrance. H’lights. 12.00 Cycling. Tour deFrance. H’lights. 1.00 Motorcycle Racing. Aust ProMX C’ship. 4.00 WorldWatch. 5.00 Going Places. (PG, R) 5.30 Cycling. Tour deFrance. H’lights.

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Paris Underground. 8.30 Arc De Triomphe: The Passion Of A Nation. (PG,R) Takes alook atthe Arc deTriomphe. 9.30 Castle Secrets. (Mav,R) 10.25 Kennedy: Jack (1917-1940) (PG,R) 11.20 Framed. (PGad,R) 12.05 Cycling. Tour deFrance. Stage21. Thoiry toParis Champs-Élysées.133km

4.25 Bamay: Murrumbidgee River – Wiradjuri Country Pt 1. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 PBS News Horizons.

VICELAND (31)

6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Cancelled! 11.55 Jeopardy! 2pm Cycling. Tour deFrance. H’lights. 3.00 Cycling. Tour deFrance. H’lights. 4.00 Bamay. 4.20 WorldWatch. 5.50 The Food That Built The World. 6.40 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 MOVIE: Ready Player One. (2018) 11.00 Under The Bridge. 12.50am QAnon: The Search For Q. 1.45 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 12.45pm Rogue Agent. (2022, Mals) 2.55 The Silver Brumby. (1993, PG) 4.40 A River Runs Through It. (1992, PGaln) 6.55 The Terror. (1963) 8.30 Arcadian. (2024, Mahv) 10.10 Gangster Squad. (2013, MA15+lv) 12.15am Gone Girl. (2014, MA15+alsv) 2.55 Fargo. (1996, MA15+lv) 4.40 The Movie Show. 5.15 The Terror. (1963)

6.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 2: Morning. Cont. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Sunday Footy Feast. 1.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 2: H’lights. 2.30 AFL PreGame Show. 3.00 Football. AFL. North Melbourne vSt Kilda. From Marvel Stadium, Melbourne.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day3: Evening. 8.30 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day3: Night. 10.00 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day3: Late. 12.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 3: Overnight. From Glasgow, Scotland. Hosted byBruce McAvaney, Matt Shirvington, Emma Freedman, Mel McLaughlin, Jason Richardson, Johanna Griggs, Matt White, Rebecca Maddern, Trent Copeland and Lizzie Jelfs. 2.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 3: Pre-dawn. 4.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 3: Early morning. 5.30 Sunrise.

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6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Escape To The Country. 12.30pm Harry’s Practice. 1.00 The Master. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Better Homes. 3.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 4.30 My Greek Odyssey. 5.30 Australia’s Best Backyards. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 The Coroner. 8.30 Vera. 10.30 Landscapers. 11.30 The Coroner. 12.30am Harry’s Practice. 1.00 Late Programs.

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6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Step Outside. Noon The Fishing Show By AFN. 1.00 Fishing Addiction. 2.00 Fishy Business. 2.30 Fish’n Mates. 3.00 American Resto. 5.00 Counting Cars. 6.00 Border Security: Int. 6.30 Border Security USA. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: Free Guy. (2021, M) 10.50 MOVIE: The Chronicles Of Riddick. (2004, M) 1.20am Late Programs.

6.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa,R) Follow the staff atthe Animal

7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. Acouple live inthe “worst house onthe best street”, ina space that isnot conducive atall totheir lifestyle.

9.50 Ambulance Australia. (Mal,R) InBrisbane, abystander calls ina crash inthe heart ofBrisbane’s CBD involving amotorcyclist and taxi. 10.50 Ambulance UK. (Mlm,R) Anambulance and anadvanced paramedic are dispatched todeal with ahit-and-run accident. 12.00 FBI. (Madv,R) Arobbery ata community clinic turns deadly. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. Religious program.

Shopping. 9.00 Reel Action. 9.30 So Help Me Todd. 12.30pm The Living Room. 2.30 JAG. (PGav,R) 4.30 Reel Action. (Return) 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 JAG. (PGav,R) 7.30

6am Morning Programs. 10.00 AFL Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 12.00 Wide World Of Sports. (PG) 1.00 GolfBarons. (PG, R) 1.30 Find My Beach House Australia. (R) 2.00 For The Love Of Pets. (PGa, R) 3.00 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. (PGm, R) 4.00 Ski Rescue Down Under. (PGaa) 5.00 News. 5.30 Postcards. (PG) 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 GCBC. (R) 8.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 9.00 Cook With Luke. (R) 9.30 Good Food Everyday. (PGa, R) 10.10 MasterChef Aust. (PG, R) 12.30 Boating. Aust IRB C’ships. 1.30 The Dog Hospital With Graeme Hall. (PGa, R) 2.30 Millionaire

6.00 9News Sunday. 7.00 LEGO Masters Bricktacular. (Final, PG) 8.30 60 Minutes. Current affairs program.

9.30 9News Late.

10.00 The First48: Bad Cinderella. (Mav) 11.00 Black Widow: The Deception Begins. (Premiere, MA15+a)

11.50 Murder In The21st: Vigilante Justice. (Mav)

12.40 For The Love Of Pets. (PGa,R)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 CampByMe. 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

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6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Broncos vKnights. 3.30 Rugby League. NRL. Manly Sea Eagles vCronulla Sharks. 6.00 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Tigers vRoosters. 8.00 David Attenborough’s Asia. 9.10 Paramedics. 10.10 Emergency. 11.10 12.10am Late Programs.

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6am Morning Programs. 1.05pm MOVIE: Waiting For The Light. (1990, PG) 3.00 The Toys That Built The World. 5.00 Cards And Collectables Australia. 5.30 MOVIE: The Lego Movie. (2014, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story. (2004, M) 9.25 MOVIE: The Hangover. (2009, MA15+) 11.30 Top 20 Funniest. 12.25am Arrow. 2.55 The Summit. 4.00 Late Programs.

6.30 10 News+. Hosted byDenham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 7.00 MasterChef Australia. (PG) Amateur cooks take tothe kitchen

Jean-Christophe Novelli. 8.15 Watson. (Md) Watson’s father visits UHOP tointroduce Watson and the fellows tohis protégée, asaxophone prodigy with musically induced blackouts. 9.15 FBI. (Mav) Theteam investigates when alarge-scale explosion rocks aBrooklyn apartment complex. 12.00 10 News+. (R) Hosted byDenham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R)

Monday, July 27

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Cooper & Fry. (Ma, R) 11.35 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

1.00 Landline. (R) 2.00 Back Roads. (R) 2.30 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (R) 3.00 Restoration Australia. (PG, R) 4.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGa) 4.45 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG,R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Australian Story. Australians tell personal stories.

8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program.

9.25 Media Watch. (PG) Presented byLinton Besser.

9.40 If You’re Listening. (R)

Presented byMatt Bevan.

10.10 Foreign Correspondent. (R)

10.40 ABC Late News.

10.55 The Business. (R)

11.10 Murdoch Mysteries. (M,R)

12.00 Long Lost Family. (R)

12.40 Rage. (MA15+dhlnsv)

3.00 Gardening Australia. (R)

4.00 Poh’s Kitchen On The Road. (R)

4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

5.30 7.30. (R)

6am Children’s Programs. 2.30pm The Makery. 3.00 Play School. 3.25 Wiggle. 4.05 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 4.20 Santiago Of The Seas. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.45 HexVets And Magic Pets. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.40 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 8.05 Young Sheldon. 8.30 Young Sheldon. 8.50 Badgers: Their Secret World. 10.20 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 2pm Island Echoes. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.35 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters.

5.30 The 77 Percent. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Wild, Smart And Deadly. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Living Black. (Final) 9.00 Emmett Till: White Lies, Black Death. 10.00 MOVIE: 8 Seconds. (1994, M) 11.50 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 DD India News Hour. 10.00 Canada’s National Parks. (PG, R) 11.00 Cycling. Tour deFrance. H’lights. 12.00 Cycling. Tour deFrance. H’lights. 1.10 WorldWatch. 3.00 Going Places. (R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (R) 4.00 Michael Mosley Secrets Of The Superagers. (PG, R) 5.00 Cycling. Tour deFrance. H’lights.

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Big Fat Quiz Of Telly2026. Presented byJimmy Carr.

9.10 Alone Australia. (Ml,R) With the cold settling in, the remaining participants battle injury, hunger and the slow creep ofisolation.

10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Gomorrah. (MA15+v,R) 2.25 Merrill’s Marauders: Burma WWII. (Mav,R) 3.25 The Kim Dynasty: A Family Affair. (PGa,R)

4.20 Bamay: Murrumbidgee River – Madi Madi, Dadi Dadi And Nganguruku Country. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Ten Year Old Tom. 1.00 Inside The Huddle. 1.30 Over The Black Dot. 2.00 Cycling. Tour deFrance. H’lights. 3.00 Cycling. Tour deFrance. H’lights. 4.10 WorldWatch. 6.10 Mysteries From Above. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 History’s Greatest Mysteries. 9.20 The UnBelievable. 10.10 The Expanse. 11.50 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 11.40 The Client. (1994, Mv) 1.55pm The Amazing Mr. Blunden. (2021, PGal) 3.30 Mr. Holmes. (2015, PGa) 5.25 Where Angels Fear To Tread. (1991, PGa) 7.30 Michael Collins. (1996, Malv) 9.55 Seven Samurai. (1954, PGalv, Japanese) 1.35am Perrier’s Bounty. (2009, MA15+dlv) 3.15 Heavier Trip. (2024, MA15+aw, Finnish) 5.00 Late Programs.

SEVEN (6, 7)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Bridge Of Lies. (R) 2.00 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day3: Highlights. 4.00 Seven News At4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day4: Evening.

8.30 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day4: Night. From Glasgow, Scotland. Hosted byBruce McAvaney, Matt Shirvington, Emma Freedman, Mel McLaughlin, Jason Richardson, Johanna Griggs, Matt White, Rebecca Maddern, Trent Copeland and Lizzie Jelfs.

10.00 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day4: Late.

12.00 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day4: Overnight.

2.00 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day4: Pre-dawn.

4.00 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day4: Early morning. 5.30 Sunrise.

6am Morning Programs. 11.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 My Greek Odyssey. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Auction Squad. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.50 Escape To The Country. 11.50 Doc Martin. 12.50am Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 2.30 Motor Racing. Night Thunder. High Limits World Tour. Replay. 3.30 Counting Cars. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Agenda Setters. 8.30 Aussie Gold Hunters. 9.30 Gem Hunters Down Under. 10.30 The Agenda Setters. 11.30 Late Programs.

We Local News

NINE (8, 9)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 LEGO Masters Bricktacular. (Final, PG, R) 1.30 Getaway. (PG, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30 WIN News.

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Travel Guides. (PGl) Theguides explore outback Queensland. (Ml) Ateam offooty experts tackles the AFL’s big issues and controversies.

9.40 Players. (Ml) Three ofthe AFL’s biggest stars talk about all

10.40 9News Late.

11.10 100% Footy. (Mal)

12.10 Tipping Point. (PG,R)

1.05 Hello SA. (PG)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

2.30 Global Shop. (R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

4.30 A Current Affair. (R)

5.00 Today Early News.

5.30 Today.

6am Morning Programs. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon David Attenborough’s Asia. 1.00 Midsomer Murders. 3.00 MOVIE: Nickelodeon. (1976, PG) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. (Return) 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 The Madame Blanc Mysteries. 9.40 Good Karma Hospital. 10.40 Love Rat. 11.40 The First 48. 12.40am Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Jeopardy! UK. 12.30pm MOVIE: Baywatch: Panic At Malibu Pier. (1989, M) 2.30 Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: The Hangover 2. (2011, MA15+) 10.35 Seinfeld. 11.35 The 100. 12.25am Winter House. 1.15 Below Deck. 2.05 Jeopardy! UK. 3.00 Late Programs.

TEN (5, 10)

6.00 10 News+. Hosted byDenham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace.

6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG) Hosted byGrant Denyer.

7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted byRebecca Gibney.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PG) Amateur cooks take tothe kitchen.

8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns) Celebrity panellists compete tosee who can remember the most about events ofthe week.

9.40 10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage oflocal, national and international news, aswell asthe latest sport and weather. 10.40 The Big Bang Theory. (PGs,R) Penny tells her family about her marriage. 11.30 10 News+. (R) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

Tuesday, July 28

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6am Morning Programs. 10.30 Kitchen Cabinet. (R) 11.00 Lucy Worsley’s Victorian Murder Club. (PGa, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Better. (Final, Malv, R) 1.55 Back Roads. (PG, R) 2.25 Home Delivery. (R) 2.55 Race Around The World. (PG, R) 4.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv) 4.45 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Canada’s National Parks. (R) 11.00 Cycling. Tour deFrance. H’lights. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Queens That Changed The World. (PG, R) 3.00 The Cook Up. (R) 3.30 Ireland’s Wild Islands. (PGa, R) 4.35 Jeopardy! 5.00 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.30 North American Fan Feasts. (PG, R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG,R)

ABC News.

7.30.

Foreign Correspondent.

Kitchen Cabinet.

The Assembly: Claudia Karvan. (R)

(R)

(MA15+dhlnsv)

(R)

6am Children’s Programs. 3pm Play School. 3.25 Wiggle. 4.05 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 4.20 Santiago Of The Seas. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.45 HexVets And Magic Pets. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.40 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 8.05 Young Sheldon. 8.30 Young Sheldon. 8.50 Ice Age. 9.35 MythBusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 10.00 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 1.05pm Emmett Till: White Lies, Black Death. 2.00 Island Echoes. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.35 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Wild, Smart And Deadly. 7.30 The Point. 8.00 The Jury. 9.05

The Power Of One. (1992, M) 11.20 Kindred. 1am Late Programs.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Portugal With Michael Portillo. (PG,R) 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Dateline: The Greek Longevity Puzzle. 10.00 SBS World News Late. 10.30 Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy: Naples And The (R)

11.20 The Negotiator. (Malv)

12.55 MOVIE: Julia. (2021,Mals,R) 2.40 A Certain Mother. (PGan,R) 4.00 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6am Morning Programs. 11.40 DW The Day. 12.10pm Homicide. 2.00 Cycling. Tour deFrance. H’lights. 3.00 Where Are You Really From? 3.30 Food Lovers’ Guide. 4.10 WorldWatch. 6.10 Mysteries From Above. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 History’s Greatest Mysteries. 9.20 The UnBelievable. 10.10 The Expanse. Midnight Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 1.05pm Finding Altamira. (2016, PGa) 2.45 The Terror. (1963) 4.15 All At Sea. (2010, PGans) 5.50 I Know Where I’m Going! (1945) 7.30 Resistance. (2020, Mav) 9.45 A Samurai In Time. (2023, PGalv, Japanese) 12.15am Darkland. (2017, MA15+dv, Danish) 2.20 Seeking Justice. (2011, MA15+v) 4.15 The Tunnel (Part 1) (2001, Malv)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Bridge Of Lies. (R) 2.00 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day4: Highlights. 4.00 Seven News At4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day5: Evening. 8.30 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day5: Night. 10.00 Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games. Day5: Late.

12.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 5: Overnight. From Glasgow, Scotland. Hosted byBruce McAvaney, Matt Shirvington, Emma Freedman, Mel McLaughlin, Jason Richardson, Johanna Griggs, Matt White, Rebecca Maddern, Trent Copeland and Lizzie Jelfs. 2.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 5: Pre-dawn. 4.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 5: Early morning. 5.30 Sunrise.

6am Morning Programs. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 The Amazing Homemakers. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Call The Midwife. 8.45 Inspector Morse. 11.05 Escape To The Country. 12.05am Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Pawn Stars. 1.30 Aussie Gold Hunters. 2.30 Gem Hunters Down Under. 3.30 Tougher In Alaska. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Agenda Setters. 8.30 Outback Truckers. 10.30 The Agenda Setters. 11.30 Ice Road Truckers. 12.30am Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: A Missed Connection. (2023, PGa, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.00[MELB] TippingPoint Australia.(PG) 5.30 WIN News.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Live Aid: When Rock ‘n’ Roll Took On The World. (Mal,R) Takes alook atLive Aid. (Ml) Ateam offooty experts tackles the AFL’s big issues and controversies.

10.25 9News Late. 10.55 Outback Opal Hunters. (PGl) 11.50 Tipping Point. (PG,R) 12.40 Pointless. (PG,R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Building Ideas. (PG,R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

A Current Affair. (R)

Today Early News.

6am Morning Programs. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Death In Paradise. 1.00 The Madame Blanc Mysteries. 2.00 Good Karma Hospital. 3.10 Antiques Roadshow. 3.40 MOVIE: Man About The House. (1974, PG) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 10.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 11.40 Poirot. 12.40am Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 11.40 Big Rigs Of Oz. 12.10pm Motor Racing. Formula E World C’ship. Tokyo ePrix. 1.20 Formula E: Driver. (Premiere) 2.30 Baywatch. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: The Hangover Part III. (2013, MA15+) 10.35 Seinfeld. 11.35 The 100. 12.30am Winter House. 1.20 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 10.20 MasterChef Aust. (PG, R) 11.30 Farm To Fork.

6.00 10 News+. Hosted byDenham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace.

Deal Or No Deal. (PG) 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted byRebecca Gibney. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. Acouple bought acompromised home over12 years ago. 8.40 The Cheap Seats. (Mal) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take alook atthe week that was.

10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage oflocal, national and international news, aswell asthe latest sport and weather.

The Big Bang Theory. (PGs,R)

10 News+. (R)

Home Shopping. (R)

Wednesday, July 29

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

SEVEN (6, 7)

NINE (8, 9) 6am Morning Programs. 10.55 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 11.25 Back Roads. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club. 1.35

Media Watch. (PG, R) 1.55 Back Roads. (PG, R) 2.25 Home Delivery. (PG, R) 3.00 Race Around The World. (R) 4.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (Ma, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Hard Quiz. (PGa) Hosted by Tom Gleeson.

8.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) Hosted by comedian Adam Hills.

9.00 New Zealand Spy. (PG) The spies are sent to Christchurch. 9.25 Race Around The World. (R) William heads to Madagascar.

10.25 ABC Late News.

10.40 The Business. (R)

10.55 Treasure & Dirt. (Maln, R)

11.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (Ma, R)

12.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R)

1.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

3.00 Gardening Australia. (R)

4.00 Poh’s Kitchen On The Road. (R)

4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

5.30 7.30. (R)

6am Children’s Programs. 1.50pm Kangaroo Beach. 2.30 The Makery. 3.00 Play School. 3.25 Wiggle. 4.05 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 4.20 Santiago Of The Seas. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.45 HexVets And Magic Pets. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.40 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 8.05 Young Sheldon. 8.30 Young Sheldon. 8.50 Steven Universe. 10.00 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 2pm Island Echoes. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.35 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.35 News. 6.05 Bamay. 6.45 Tales From Zambia. 7.35 Breaking Wild. 8.30 Pro Bull Riding Australia. 9.30 Over The Black Dot. 10.00 Inside The Huddle. 10.30 MOVIE: The Dead Lands. (2014, MA15+) 12.20am Late Programs.

Thursday, July 30

6am Morning Programs. 8.00 DD India News Hour. 9.05 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.05 Canada’s National Parks. (PG, R) 11.05 America’s Great Trails. (PGa, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight. (R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Ireland’s Wild Islands. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Alone Australia. (Ml)

8.40 Titanic Sinks Tonight. (Premiere, PGa) Disaster strikes Titanic on her maiden voyage. 9.45 Six Four. (Premiere, Mv) A law enforcement couple try

10.40 SBS World News Late. 11.10 Forest Of The Missing. (MA15+asv, R) 2.55 Children Of Chaos: What Became Of WWII Orphans. (PGa, R)

4.40 Bamay: Murrumbidgee River – Ngunnawal, Wiradjuri And Ngarigo Country. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6am Morning Programs. Noon DW The Day. 12.30 Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix 4. H’lights. 3.00 The Feed. 4.15 WorldWatch. 6.10 Mysteries From Above. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 History’s Greatest Mysteries. 9.20 The UnBelievable. 10.10 The Expanse. 11.50 Threesome. 12.50am Night Bloomers. 2.00 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6am Morning Programs. 12.55pm Once Upon A Time In China II. (1992, Mav, Cantonese) 3.00 The Movie Show. 3.35 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind. (1984, PGh) 5.50 Brief Encounter. (1945, PGa) 7.30 Dog Day Afternoon. (1975, Malv) 9.45 Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai. (1999, MA15+lv) 11.55 Zardoz. (1978, MA15+v) 1.55am Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Bridge Of Lies. (R) 2.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 5: Highlights. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 6: Evening.

8.30 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 6: Night. From Glasgow, Scotland. Hosted by Bruce McAvaney, Matt Shirvington, Emma Freedman, Mel McLaughlin, Jason Richardson, Johanna Griggs, Matt White, Rebecca Maddern, Trent Copeland and Lizzie Jelfs.

10.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 6: Late.

12.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 6: Overnight.

2.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 6: Pre-dawn.

4.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 6: Early morning. 5.30 Sunrise.

6am Morning Programs. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Secrets Of Beautiful Gardens. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Hornby: A Model Empire. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 Foyle’s War. 11.00 Air Crash Inv: Accident Files. Midnight Bargain Hunt. 1.00 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Pawn Stars. 1.30 Outback Truckers. 3.30 Tougher In Alaska. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Agenda Setters. 8.30 The Force: BTL. 9.30 Caught On Dashcam. 10.30 The Agenda Setters. 11.30 World’s Scariest Police Chases. 12.30am Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Love, Fashion, Repeat. (2022, PGa, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.00[MELB] TippingPoint Australia.(PG) 5.30 WIN News.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Live Aid: When Rock ‘n’ Roll Took On The World. (Ml, R) The second half of Live Aid in the US is a success.

9.25 To Be Advised.

10.25 9News Late.

10.55 Bad Blood. (MA15+avv) Vito emerges as the clear winner in the gang wars.

11.50 Tipping Point. (PG, R) Hosted by Ben Shephard.

12.40 Pointless. (PG, R)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

2.30 Global Shop. (R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

4.30 A Current Affair. (R)

5.00 Today Early News.

5.30 Today.

6am Morning Programs. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon New Tricks. 1.00 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 3.00 MOVIE: Lady Caroline Lamb. (1972, PG) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 11.40 Poirot. 12.40am Antiques Roadshow. 1.10 1.40 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 11.40 Big Rigs Of Oz. 12.10pm Motor Racing. Formula E World C’ship. Tokyo ePrix. 1.20 Formula E: Driver. 2.30 Baywatch. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: The Dark Knight Rises. (2012, M) 11.50 Seinfeld. 12.20am The 100. 1.10 Winter House. 2.00 Below Deck. 2.50 The Summit. 4.00 Late Programs.

TEN (5, 10)

6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Lingo. (R)

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

(6, 7)

(8, 9) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 New Zealand Spy. (PG, R) 11.25 Dr Karl’s How Things Work. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Believe Me. (Mals, R) 1.55 Back Roads. (PG, R) 2.25 Home Delivery. (R) 2.55 Race Around The World. (PG, R) 3.55 Frankie Drake. (PG) 4.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 DD India News Hour. 9.05 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.05 Canada’s National Parks. (PGaw, R) 11.05 America’s Great Trails. (PG, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Queens That Changed The World. (Ms, R) 3.10 The Cook Up. (R) 3.40 Ireland’s Wild Islands. (PGa, R) 4.40 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Back Roads: Wycheproof, Vic. (PG)

8.30 Grand Designs: Stratford. (PG) A couple want to build a 21st-century castle.

9.15 Treasure & Dirt. (Maln, R)

10.15 ABC Late News.

10.30 The Business. (R)

10.50 Frankie Drake Mysteries. (PGv, R)

11.35 Long Lost Family. (PG, R)

12.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

3.00 Gardening Australia. (R)

4.00 Poh’s Kitchen On The Road. (R)

4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

5.30 7.30. (R)

6am Children’s Programs. 3pm Play School. 3.25 Wiggle. 4.05 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 4.20 Santiago Of The Seas. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.45 HexVets And Magic Pets. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.40 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 8.05 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.45 Ultimate Vets. 9.10 Animal Park. 9.55 Secrets Of The Zoo. 10.40 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 1pm Over The Black Dot. 1.30 Inside The Huddle. 2.00 Island Echoes. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.35 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.30 Te Ao With Moana. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Tales From Zambia. 7.30

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Spain With Michael Portillo. (PG) Michael Portillo’s journey continues in Valencia.

8.30 Eva Longoria: Searching For France. (PGa) Eva Longoria continues her journey in Burgundy. 9.20 Say Nothing. (Premiere) Follows a woman living in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.

10.10 SBS World News Late.

10.40 Bonn. (Mav, R) 4.25 Bamay: Murrumbidgee River – Wiradjuri Country Pt 2. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6am Morning Programs. Noon DW The Day. 12.30 Searching For Masculinity. 1.40 Curious Australia. 2.10 Dark Side Of The ‘90s. 3.05 Insight. 4.10 WorldWatch. 6.10 Mysteries From Above. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 History’s Greatest Mysteries. 9.20 The UnBelievable. 10.10 Alone Australia. 11.20 The Expanse. 1am The Change. 2.10 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 12.40pm The Tunnel (Part 1) (2001, Malv) 2.25 Rabbit-Proof Fence. (2002, PG) 4.10 The Crow’s Egg. (2014, PGa, Tamil) 5.50 The Blockhouse. (1973, PGalsv) 7.30 The Prestige. (2006, Mav) 9.55 The Last Samurai. (2003, MA15+v) 12.45am The Bodyguard From Beijing. (1994, MA15+v) 2.25 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Bridge Of Lies. (R) 2.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 6: Highlights. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 21. Collingwood v Geelong. From the MCG.

10.30 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 7: Late. From Glasgow, Scotland. Hosted by Bruce McAvaney, Matt Shirvington, Emma Freedman, Mel McLaughlin, Jason Richardson, Johanna Griggs, Matt White, Rebecca Maddern, Trent Copeland and Lizzie Jelfs.

12.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 7: Overnight.

2.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 7: Pre-dawn.

4.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 7: Early morning. 5.30 Sunrise.

6am Morning Programs. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Air Crash Inv: Accident Files. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Grace. 10.30 Genius: Einstein. (Premiere) Midnight Father Brown. 1.00 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm The Force: BTL. 3.30 Tougher In Alaska. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 7: Evening. 8.30 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 7: Night. 10.00 Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Day 7: Late. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 10 News+. Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace.

6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer.

7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney.

7.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Karen is looking for a gentle companion.

8.40 Boston Blue. (Mv) With an assist from the NYPD, Danny and Lena hunt down a serial home invader. Sean’s budding romance faces unexpected complications.

9.40 10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news, as well as the latest sport and weather.

10.40 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) 11.40 10 News+. (R) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Love’s Fast Lane. (2023, PGa, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG, R) 5.00[MELB] TippingPoint Australia.(PG,R) 5.30 WIN News.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 RBT. (PGd, R) Follows the activities of police units.

8.30 Emergency. (Mlm, R) Dr David Sparkhall treats a handyman.

9.30 A+E After Dark. (Mlm, R) The staff treats a man with brain injuries.

10.30 Chicago Med. (MA15+am)

11.20 9News Late.

11.50 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

12.40 Pointless. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

4.30 A Current Affair. (R)

5.00 Today Early News.

5.30 Today.

6am Morning Programs. Noon As Time Goes By. 1.00 Midsomer Murders. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Seven Days To Noon. (1950, PG) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. North Qld Cowboys v Roosters. 9.55 NRL Thursday Night Footy Post-Match. 10.40 The Brokenwood Mysteries. 12.40am Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Innovation Nation. 11.45 Cards And Collectables Australia. 12.15pm The Summit. 1.30 Baywatch. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: The Blind Side. (2009, PG) 11.10 Seinfeld. 12.10am The 100. 1.05 Winter House. 1.55 Below Deck. 2.45 The Summit. 4.00 Late Programs.

(5, 10)

6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 10.20 Attenborough’s Parenthood. (PGa, R) 11.30 Farm To Fork. (R) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. 12.30 Family Feud. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 2.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R)

The Finish Line. (R) 3.30 Lingo. (R) 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News.

6.00 10 News+. Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer.

7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R)

7.30 NCIS: Sydney. (Mmv) The team’s hunt for a high-value US target accused of murdering an Australian soldier takes an unexpected turn.

8.30 NCIS. (Mv) As a secret immunity deal threatens to let a man walk free,

10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 10.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PGs, R) Sheldon and Amy host FunWithFlags

10 News+. (R)

Home Shopping. (R)

FROM THE ARCHIVES

The Geelong Independent looks back through the pages of our archives

17 years ago 24 July, 2009

Policehavewarnedtheymightbeunableto lay charges if an investigation reveals cyber bullying was linked to the deaths of four Geelongteenagers.

ThreeoftheteenswereenrolledatWestern Heights College when they took their own lives, while the fourth had recently left the school.

11 years ago 24 July, 2015

The median price of a vacant building block in Geelong has jumped alarmingly, according to a latest Housing Industry Association(HIA)residentiallandreport.

The Barwon region’s median land price is now $204,000, up from $179,000 two years ago.

5 years ago 23 July, 2021

The plight of thousands of local businesses struggling through yet another lockdown has prompted Geelong Chamber of Commerce to call for more government assistance and greater clarity on COVID-19 restrictions.

“I know a lot of businesses are choosing to stay shut rather than reopen [when lockdowns end] because of the impact of subsequent restrictions,” said Ben Flynn, chiefexecutiveofthechamber.

GRUFFALO PLUSH & BOOKS

2 years ago 26 July, 2024

TheGeelongcommunityiscomingtogether to take part in a national rally to demand action on the growing epidemic of male violenceagainstwomen.

Community not-for-profit What Were You Wearing invited all members of the community to attend No More: A National Rally Against Violence held in Geelong’s MarketSquareMallat11amonSunday,July 28.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

WANT YOUR EVENT LISTED? Community Calendar is made available free of charge to not-for-profit organisations to keep the public informed of special events and activities. Send item details to Geelong Independent Community Calendar, 1/47 Pakington Street, Geelong West, 3218, or email to editorial@geelongindependent.com.au. Deadline for copy and announcements is 5pm Tuesday. Due to the ever increasing entries coming in each week for our Community Calendar page, we have enough to fill almost three pages. This means your entry will not appear each week. We will do our best to rotate them fairly. If you have an existing entry that no longer operates, please let us know so we can remove it. Your patience and understanding is welcome for this FREE service. The calendar in its entirety with every entry is posted every Saturday at 9am at geelongindy.com.au

Winter market

Eastern Hub Winter Community Market, Saturday 25 July, McKillop Street, East Geelong. Local stallholders showcasing handmade crafts, locally made products, plants, and more.

Ballroom dance

Leopold Hall, 805-809 Bellarine Highway, Saturday 25 July, 7.30-10.30pm, $10 includes supper. Music: Kevin. Bring small plate to share. 0400 500 402

Geelong Coin Collectors

Meets fortnightly Thursdays, 7.15pm, Virginia Todd Hall, 9 Clarence Street, Geelong West. Adele, 0422 129 424

Social badminton Players wanted. Mondays 9.45am, Barwon Valley Activities Centre. Lynne, 5243 1275

Fatigue

Geelong ME/CFS Support Group (including fibromyalgia, long COVID and Lyme disease) meets first Tuesday of the month, 36 Saffron Street, Newtown, 1-3pm. geelonggroupcfsme@hotmail.com

Highton Seniors

Carpet bowls, bingo, cards, taichi, line dancing, mahjong. Community Centre, 84 Barrabool Road, Highton. Elma, 0411 065 524

Australian Multicultural Support Services

Social Support Groups for communities from different multicultural backgrounds for seniors over 65. Meals, activities and fun. White Eagle House, Breakwater, 10am-2.30pm Fridays. 9689 9170, amcservices.org.au, info@amcservices.org.au

Cards

Wanted: card sharp partners to play the game of Bolivia on Thursday evenings. For venue email Ingrid. griddlepop@hotmail.com

Geelong Historical Society Inc.

Guest speaker first Wednesday of the month, 7.30pm, Virginia Todd Hall, 9 Clarence Street, Geelong West. Harry, 0473 807 944, geelonghistoricalsociety.org.au

Stamps

Geelong Philatelic Society Inc meets 7pm first Saturday of the month (excluding January) at Virginia Todd Community Hall, 9-15 Clarence Street, Geelong West, and 12.30pm third Monday of the month (excluding December) at Belmont Pavillion, 162 Barrabool Road, Belmont. Julie, 0438 270 549

Scrabble club

Christ Church hall, corner Moorabool & McKillop Streets, 1pm Saturdays. Beginners to experts welcome. Sue, 0419 106 147, Pauline, 0429 829 773

Games

Scrabble, chess, board games or cards. Tuesdays 2-5pm, All Saints’ Parish Hall, Newtown. Afternoon tea provided. Dinah, 0418 547 753

Sing Australia Geelong Choir Wednesdays 7.30-9.30pm at Senior Citizens Centre, 52 Thomson Street, Belmont. No auditions needed. Mary, 0419 278 456

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Mindfulness & meditation U3A

9.30am and 12.30pm Wednesdays, Cobbin Farm, Grove Road, Grovedale. Jean, 5264 7484

Lions Club of Geelong Breakfast Inc

Meets first Tuesday of each month at 8am, Eastern Hub (behind East Geelong Cemetery), followed by breakfast. Dinner event third Thursday of each month in Geelong. ajd53m@yahoo.com

Scribes Writers Group

South Barwon Community Centre, Mondays 9.30am-noon. Welcoming new members to refine their skills. geelongscribeswriters@gmail.com, 5243 8388

Ballroom dancing Belmont Park Pavilion, Thursdays 2-4pm. Val, 5251 3529

Kids’ church

Group lessons for children aged 3-6, 7-10 and 10+, St Paul’s Anglican Church Hall, 171a Latrobe Terrace, Geelong, first Sunday of the month during school term, 10.30-11.30am. Suzie, 0402 963 855, Althea, 0403 005 449

Geelong Dragon Boat Club

Paddle at Barwon River. Training Wednesdays 5pm, Saturdays 9am. Free one-month trial. revolutionise.com.au/geelongdragons

Combined Probus Club of Highton Meets third Thursday of each month, South Barwon Football & Netball clubrooms, McDonald Reserve, Reynolds Road, Belmont, 10am. Sandra, 0427 348 260

Zonta Club of Geelong Global human rights organisation working to build a better world for women and girls. Meets first Wednesday monthly for dinner, 6pm. zontaclubgeelong@yahoo.com.au, 0411 628 361

Geelong Prostate Cancer Support Group

Meets last Friday of the month (except December), 10am-noon, Belmont Park Pavilion, 162 Barrabool Road, Belmont. Bill, 0414 524 155, info@geelongpsg.net

Geelong ballroom dancing

Saturdays 7.30-10.15pm, corner Bayview Parade and Carey Street, Hamlyn Heights. Entry: $10. BYO drinks and a plate. 5278 9740, geelongballroomdc.com.au

Corio Bay Lions Club Meets first and third Thursday of each month 6.30pm. geelongcoriobay.vic@lions.org.au

Alcoholics (and other addicts) For Christ 12 Steps Group Meets Thursdays 7.30pm at Belmont-Highton Baptist Church, 43 Mt Pleasant Road, Belmont. 0420 910 763

Children’s play group

For babies, toddlers, and preschoolers with parent/carer. Free play, story time, and music. Wednesdays 10-11.30am in school term, St John’s Highton, 269 Roslyn Road, Highton. office@stjohnshighton.org.au, 0433 191 890

Belmont Seniors

Players wanted to play 500 each Monday 12.30pm. Belmont Senior Centre, 52 Thomson Street, Belmont. 5241 1776

Ocean Grove Library

Tuesday 28 July, 11am-3pm: CoGG business support drop in Tuesday 4 August, 2-3pm: get to know history from below Wednesday 19 August, 2-3pm: book chat Mondays 10.30-11.30am: preschool story time (during school term) Tuesdays 4-5pm: youth collective (ages 12-18, during school term) Wednesdays 9.30-10am: toddler time (during school term)

Thursdays 11.30-11.50am: baby time (all year)

Thursdays 3.45-4.45pm: after-school program (during school term)

Community kitchen

Do you enjoy cooking or want to learn cooking and budgeting skills with a small group of like-minded people in your community? Are you interested in volunteering to facilitate a Community Kitchen?

healthycommunities@barwonhealth.org. au

Welcome mat

Belmont Uniting Church every Friday from 10am-1pm. Games, lunch and friendship. Fay, 0409 361 414

OMNI

Older Men New Ideas men’s friendly informal chat group, South Barwon Community Centre, 33 Mt Pleasant Road, Belmont, 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month, 10.30am. Allan, 0409 665 608

Bike riding Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from Belmont. Rides to suit all levels of fitness; e-bikes welcome. Rob, 0412 308 166

Lara Community Market Run by Rotary Club of Lara District every second Sunday of the month at Lara RSL, 9am-1pm.

Geelong Amateur Radio Club

Storrer Street Clubhouse, Geelong, Wednesdays 1.30-4pm, Fridays 6.30pm. Robert, 0438 409 979, vk3atl.org

Choir

St Paul’s Choir rehearses Wednesdays from 7.45-8.45pm and 9.30am Sunday for 10.30am service. Choral scholarships available. Occasional choir for those unable to make commitment to main choir. Tom Heale,y 0451 960 768, healeytf@gmail.com

Bellydance classes

Beginner level, new term commencing. New students welcome. Tuesdays 1.30pm, Life Activities Club, Belmont Park Pavillion, Belmont. Glenys, 0400 214 897

Geelong’s Soroptimist International Service club for women and girls, every second Tuesday of the month from 6pm at Belmont RSL. 0455 835 691, geelong@siswp.com

Geelong Sports & Game Fishing Meets first and third Monday of the month at Belmont Park Pavilion, 7.30pm. John, 0409 234 307

Geelong Anglers Club Meets fourth Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm, 9 Yuille Street, Geelong West. Monthly fishing competitions. Brian, 0417 190 092, Ian 0470 114 787

Drysdale CWA

Every second Tuesday at 1pm and crafts every fourth Tuesday at 11.30am of each month at Drysdale RSL Club. Jenny, 0452 258 333

Scottish dancing

GOG Scottish Country Dance classes 7.30pm Tuesdays at Leopold Hill Hall, $5. No partner needed. Vicki, 0412 762 983, Barbara, 0419 511 781

Geelong Showgrounds Museum Museum open to the public on first Sunday of the month 10am-2pm (January and October excepted). Adults $10, students 13-18 $5, under 13 free. 5221 1707

Geelong Scottish Dance Highland dance classes for all ages Wednesday from 4pm and Saturday from 10am at Western Heights Uniting Church Hall, St Herne Hill. Christine, 0468 311 788, facebook.com/GeelongScottishDance

Bingo

Tuesdays 1-3pm, great grocery prizes plus $50 jackpot books, $2.50. Belmont Seniors Centre, 52 Thomson Street, Belmont. Frank, 5241 1776

First steps in music

Babies, toddlers and preschoolers welcome with parent/carer. Thursdays Northern Bay College, Tallis, and Fridays at Northern Bay College, Peacock. Free if living in 3214 postcode, bookings essential. info@bluebirdfoundationinc.org.au

Nice day to be out and about

It was a glorious day for footy and netball at Steeline Ray Menzies Oval, Ocean Grove, on Saturday 18 July and Independent photographer Ivan Kemp did the rounds to see who was out and about at the Ocean Grove vs Torquay games.

To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every number from 1 to 9 must appear in: each of the nine vertical columns, each of the nine horizontal rows and each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes. Remember, no number can occur more than once in any row, column or box.

1 Soup ingredient with ham (3) 3 Tenacious (10)

Resolute (7)

Stone fruit (7) 12 Too quiet to be heard (9)

Tranquil (4)

Think again (10)

Norway’s capital (4)

Casserole (4)

Benevolent (10)

Scrutinise (4) 25 Seasonal movement of animals (9) 27 Island in the North Atlantic (7)

Work (7)

Economic system (10)

Consume (3)

1 Act of stealing other’s work (10)

Natural disaster (9)

Cultivate plants (6)

Group of people with authority to rule (10)

Appalling (9)

Transmute (9)

Using the nine letters in the grid, how many words of four letters or more can you list? The centre letter must be included and each letter may only be used once. No colloquial or foreign words. No capitalised nouns, apostrophes or plural nouns ending in 's'.

Today’s Aim:

20 words: Good 30 words: Very good 41 words: Excellent

D

U E C I T T N R

tunic, uric

3

ARENA AROSE BAYOU CHEEP

5 LETTERS ACING AGILE ALGAE AMASS ANGST APING APRIL

1 MySharona was an international success for which US rock band?

2 What English river’s name comes from the ProtoBrittonic word for 'river'?

3 In the fairytale, for how many years was Sleeping Beauty asleep?

4 What is the capital of Barbados?

5 Which two members of The Bee Gees were twins?

6 In what year was the United Nations established?

7 On which island was Nelson Mandela imprisoned for 18 years?

8 Nephology is the study of what?

9 The griffin is a mythological creature with the head of an eagle and the body of what?

10 Shailene Woodley (pictured) stars as Jane Chapman in which TV series?

Super hybrid ticks the boxes

By Chris Riley, Marque Motoring

It’s more than three years since we first drovewhatwasthencalledtheMGHS+EV, or plug-in hybrid as they have come to be known.

And haven’t things changed in this time? Not only has the car grown in size, so has the battery and projected, electric-only drivingrange.

Now in its second generation, the HS has emerged from its cocoon, spread its wings and become a fully-fledged ’Super Hybrid’ –it’samuchmoreenticingproposition.

Styling

Therearetwogradesfromwhichtochoose, ExciteandEssence.

Prices start from $42,990 for the Excite and $46,900 for the Essence – both prices driveaway.

Our test vehicle, Essence, was finished in Arctic Blue Metallic, with Classic Tan interiortrim–theyadd$700apiece.

Standardkitincludesclothtrimandauto air conditioning with rear outlets, along with18-inchalloys,keylessentryandstart, LED lights front and back, power-adjust driver seat, head-up display, auto high beam, adaptive cruise control, traffic sign recognition, auto lights and wipers, rear parkingsensorsandsix-speakeraudio.

Essence adds larger 19-inch alloys, artificial leather, dual zone climate air, electric tailgate, panoramic sunroof, front parking sensors, eight-speaker audio, 360-degree camera and wireless phone charging.

There’s also heated front seats, power adjustment for the front passenger seat, driver seat memory, power lumbar adjustment, auto folding heated door mirrors,frontparkingsensors,rearprivacy glass,anddoormirrormemory.

HS is covered by a 10-year, 250,000km warranty, provided the car is serviced by MG, otherwise it reverts the standard seven-year/200,000km.

The high-voltage battery is covered for thesameperiod,butforonly150,000km.

Each service must be performed within thespecifiedtimeorkilometrewindow.

Infotainment

Infotainment consists of a combined 12.3-inch touchscreen and 12.3-inch instrument panel, together with Bluetooth, voice control, built-in navigation, AM/FM and DAB+ digital radio, wireless CarPlay andAndroidAuto,andeight-speakeraudio.

There’s also wireless phone charging, with two USB-C ports front and back, plus a 12-volt outlet in the front, with iSmart connected services that comes with 12-monthcomplimentaryaccess.

Safety

The MG HS has been awarded a full five starsforsafetywithsevenairbagsincluding acentreairbagtoprovideaddedprotection for front seat occupants in side impact crashes.

The MG Pilot Safety Suite includes autonomous emergency braking (car-to-car, vulnerable road user, junction and crossing, backover and head-on) as well as a lane support system with lane keep assist (LKA), lane departure warning (LDW) and emergency lane keeping (ELK), and an advanced speed assistance system (SAS)withaspeedsignrecognition.

There’s also blind spot detection, door opening warning, rear cross traffic alert, drive monitor system, unsteady driver warning,andtrafficjamassist.

Engines/transmissions

A 1.5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine is paired with two electric motors; one to drive the wheels, the other torechargethebatterywhennecessary.

Drive is to the front wheels through a dedicated,one-speedhybridtransmission.

Combined output is 220kW of power and 350Nm of torque, with the switch from petrol to electric power almost imperceptiblemostofthetime.

Driving

In Arctic Blue the HS really stands out. Otherwise, the styling is almost generic for thissectionofthemarket,apartthatisfrom thesidesteps.

They are not quite high enough or wide enoughtobepractical,buttheydoenhance thelookofthecar.

Even the kids commented how difficult theyweretouse.

Wider and longer than its predecessor, the second-generation HS offers generous head and legroom front and back, with a good-sizedluggagearea.

With the rear seats in use, it offers 507 litres of space, with the seats folded the boot expands to an impressive 1484 litres. Not so generous is centre storage for loose items, with much of the space given over to twocupholdersandwirelesschargingpad.

The doors are adorned in a fancy, quilted design, but closer inspection reveals they are in fact plastic – as is much of the interior trim. The door bins are able to accommodatelargersportsbottles.

ThehybridsystemintheHSSuperHybrid isunderpinnedbya24.7kWhbatterypack, 23.2 kWh of which is usable. The previous modeloffered16.6kWh.

Youcanswitchmanuallybetweenhybrid and electric modes, but not easily, and we wereinclinedtoletthesystemdoitsthing–mostdriverswill.

The dash from 0-100km/h takes 6.8 seconds.

Interestingly, although there is sport mode, there is no Eco mode to achieve minimumfuelconsumptionandnooption to change gears manually.

Anindicatorlightandgraphicalinterface reveal what mode the transmission is operating in, while the switch to fully-electric mode seems to depend on several factors – not just speed or throttle input (although both play a part).

At one point we looked down to find the car in EV mode travelling at a speed of 90km/h on a downhill section of the motorway.

Duringourweekwiththecarweclocked up more than 1000km and can report the HS is a surprisingly easy and comfortable vehicle to drive, and if the battery is charged frequently – it uses very little fuel.

For a vehicle that has not been tuned for our poor Australian roads, ride quality is quite good.

Grip from Bridgestone Alenza tyres is aboveaverageandpressedhardthewagon doesn’t misbehave.

The brakes bite hard in an emergency stopping scenario.

With a 55-litre tank, the HS takes premium 95 unleaded, with claimed fuel useof0.7L/100kmandenergyconsumption of 18.0 kWh/100km.

We charged the car three times using the supplied granny charger, averaging 3.4L/100km and 6.9 kWh/100km – with 230km of petrol remaining on return.

The battery in the HS can be charged at a rate of up 6.6kW using an AC charger which we’re told takes about four hours. It cannot be charged from a commercial DC fast charger.

Each time we charged the car with the granny charger however, the system told

us it would take more than 13 hours. Of noteweweresurprisedtofindthesupplied charger worked with an extension lead (this is a first for us).

Wewerealsopleasantlysurprisedtofind the dreaded Chinese driver warnings are notas Draconian in this particular car. But over the speed limit warnings are constant and annoying, and the system seems to have a problem differentiating between posted speed limits.

Corners, roundabouts and carparks involve a bit of guess work because the front roof pillars and large exterior mirrors blockvision.

The rear-view camera was also distorted and difficult to use.

Of note, the electric tailgate worked inconsistently, with not enough grunt to lift the tailgate if the car was parked on a slope.

Wesuspectit’sthesameelectricmotoras used in MG’s Cyberster electric sports car, whose chic scissor doors refused to open whenparkedonaslope–whetheryou’rein or out of the car.

Eightmonthslaterwearestillwaitingfor MG to get back to us on this issue.

Summing up

We like it. It’s not perfect, but then no car ever is.

Where the HS does excel is being a Super Hybrid,with ultra-lowfuel consumption and a range of more than 1000km, provided you recharge the battery at every opportunity.

With an electric-only range of 120km, the urban commute is very doable too. It’s easy to see why the popularity of plug-inhybridsisincreasingexponentially – especially at these kinds of prices.

Around the grounds

Results, goal kickers and best players from the weekend’s round of Geelong, Bellarine, and Geelong & District Football League matches.

GEELONG

Bell Park 5.3(33), 8.5(53), 11.8(74), 14.10(94)

Colac6.1(37),9.4(58),10.9(69),12.12(84)

Goals: BellPark-O.Hicks4,O.Bridgewater 3, M. Lavis 2, J. Bermingham, Z. Lamb, M. Mahady,L.Stefanovski,E.Pearce.Colac-D. Lang 4, J. Fish 2, L. Hillman 2, Z. Zdybel, A. Garner, T.Buchanan, J.Walters. Best: Bell Park - O. Bridgewater, M. Jones, J. Bermingham, O. Hicks, I. Wareham, J. Nihill. Colac - A. Garner, K. Spokes, E. Liddle,C.Murray,J.Simpkin,Z.Zdybel.

South Barwon 5.1(31), 9.4(58), 14.5(89), 19.7(121)

Grovedale 2.3(15), 5.5(35), 6.8(44), 10.10(70)

Goals: South Barwon - A. Boseley 5, O. Pollock 3, M. Caldow 2, T. White 2, A. Daffy 2, H. Sinnott, L. Noble, D. Madigan, L. Elzinga,M.Mawson.Grovedale-T.Gillett3, B.Kreuger3,J.Caia2,B.Spicer,C.Gardiner. Best: SouthBarwon-A.Boseley,O.Pollock, D. Madigan, M. Mawson, T. White, B. Kellett. Grovedale - N. Deans, T. Gillett, B. Kreuger,C.Leach,C.Gardiner, R.Quinn.

Leopold 3.3(21), 9.10(64), 15.11(101), 19.15(129)

Geelong West Giants 2.2(14), 3.2(20), 6.5(41),7.7(49)

Goals: Leopold - H. Morphet 5, D. Brislane 3, B. Clark 3, D. Henderson 2, K. Gallagher 2, L. McLean, A. Eichler, N. Ash, T. Lunnon-Johnson. Geelong West Giants - J. Kaltenbach4,B.Smigowski2,L.Horniblow.

Best: Leopold - B. Clark, H. Morphet, D. Henderson, C. Gardiner, C. Alexander, N. Ash. Geelong West Giants - M. Scoullar, J. Kaltenbach, M. Kelly, A. Stelma, O. Leavold, R.Meddings.

St Albans 4.4(28), 8.8(56), 17.14(116), 24.22(166) North Shore 2.2(14), 4.3(27), 4.3(27), 7.4(46)

Goals: StAlbans-T.Higgins10,H.Cockerell 4, B. McDonald 2, H. Andrews, E. Guida, J. Russell, B. Brogden, K. Harris. North Shore - J. Sammut-Miljevic 2, C. Harrison, H. Purcell,J.Purcell,J.King,O.McCausland.

Best: St Albans - T. Higgins, J. Russell, R. Somers, B. Brogden, E. Guida, H. Elliot. North Shore - L. Vivian, N. Mitzithras, J. Sammut-miljevic, B. Collier, C. Hase, N. Creighton.

St Joseph’s 4.3(27), 8.9(57), 11.12(78), 14.14(98) Newtown & Chilwell 3.3(21), 7.3(45), 12.3(75),14.6(90)

Goals: St Joseph’s - J. Jovanovic 4, P. De Grandi 3, G. Posterino 2, M. McLachlan, J. Gow, M. Chafer, L. Kershaw, H. Lewis. Newtown & Chilwell - N. Harris 2, N. Caracella 2, J. Modola 2, J. Colville 2, B. McGlade2,T.Kiddle,C.Fopiani,L.Nash,L. Morey.

Best: St Joseph’s - P. De Grandi, L. Kershaw, G. Morrison, A. Humphrey, J. Gow, Ri. Aquilina. Newtown & Chilwell - J. Modola, B. Hocking, J. Colville, C. Wilkinson, N. Harris,B.McGlade.

BELLARINE

Portarlington 2.1(13), 10.3(63), 12.5(77), 17.5(107)

Anglesea5.2(32),6.6(42),8.9(57),13.13(91)

Goals: Portarlington - M. Turnbull 4, S. Greenhough 3, D. O’Brien 3, T. Miles 2, L. Salvador, H. Sedgmen, L. Hart, N. Lane, R. Hayden.Anglesea-A.Gras3,C.Hutchinson 3, J. Gray 2, I. Hardman, D. Everett, C. Lawless,L.Smith,N.Collins.

GEELONG&DISTRICT

North Geelong 2.4(16), 6.9(45), 9.14(68), 16.16(112)

WerribeeCentrals2.2(14),3.3(21),6.6(42), 7.10(52)

Goals: North Geelong - L. Parker 4, J. Bertucci 2, S. Reynolds 2, M. Habib 2, C. Vaughan2,B.Riccardi,T.Tseros,C.Pasque, B. Orr. Werribee Centrals - B. Houlihan 2, C. Saliba, J. MacDonald, K. Kur, A. Stone, T. Camilleri.

Best: North Geelong - T. Schwennesen, B. Riccardi,B.O’Brien,L.Parker,J.Cambridge, T. Tseros. Werribee Centrals - L. Kalos, A. Stone, M. Culliver, B. Carlton, P. Daley, K. GomesPattiyage.

Inverleigh 3.3(21), 10.6(66), 14.10(94), 22.20(152)

Geelong West Giants 2.3(15), 3.3(21), 5.3(33),6.4(40)

Goals: Inverleigh - M. Dickson 10, N. Mayes 3, D. Peel 3, S. Cations 2, J. Bacon, J. Viney, J. Love, J. Fiolet. Geelong West Giants - S. Goddard 2, B. Mitchell, T. Adams, J. Jans, D. Pollard.

Best: Inverleigh - M. Dickson, J. Love, J. Viney, D. Peel, B. Collins, B. McIntosh. Geelong West Giants - J. Jans, B. Greaves, B. Mitchell, K. Sewell, M. Beattie, S. Goddard.

Around the courts

Results and best players from Geelong, Geelong & District, and Bellarine Netball League matches played on the weekend.

GEELONG

SouthBarwon68defGrovedale50

Best: South Barwon - Ellen Doyle, Monique Parker, Eloise Maddox. Grovedale - Bonnie Coburn, Skye Fulton,ScarlettFuncke.

BellPark67defColac43

Best: Bell Park - Louise Shaw, Charli Hoey, Bree Cail. Colac - Georgia Finn, EmilyLang,MaryPlace.

Leopold56defGeelongWestGiants50

Best: Leopold - Hollie Phillips, Natalie Heagney, Amelia Holland. Geelong West Giants - Rachel Palmer-Brennan, EstelleStephens,EloiseRitchie. StJoseph’s61defNewtown&Chilwell 57

Best: St Joseph’s - Georgette Paatsch, Ella Closter, Kiahna Fallon. Newtown & Chilwell - Ruby Pekin-Schlicht, DanielleMather,VanessaAugustini.

Drysdale2.0(12),6.1(37),9.2(56),14.4(88) BarwonHeads3.4(22),5.13(43),10.16(76), 10.19(79)

Goals: Drysdale - J. Hargreaves 4, J. Watson 3, O. Castro 2, M. Mcguire, J. Robbins, B. Sykes, F. Chirgwin, D. Foley. Barwon Heads -C.Ward5,J.Syddall,A.Ford,J.Henderson, M. Philp,T.Lamperd.

Best: Drysdale - L. Dalgleish, J. Jenkins, L. Preece,T.Delaney,J.Hargreaves,J.Robbins. Barwon Heads - T. Lamperd, C. Ward, N. Young,M.Philp,F.Cornell,C.Donohue.

Modewarre 9.3(57), 17.4(106), 23.9(147), 30.15(195)

SurfCoast1.4(10),2.5(17),4.7(31),5.7(37)

Goals: Modewarre-C.Joseph13,T.Hornsey 4, T. Scott 2, C. Farrell 2, S. Morter 2, O. Butler,N.Matthews,Z.May,D.Hemphill,T. Worpel,J.Motton,M.Fenton.SurfCoast-T. Lee 4,J.Pierce. Best: Modewarre - C. Joseph, M. Mckim, Z. May, M. Fenton, P. Fitzgerald, T. Hornsey. Surf Coast - H. Gravener, T. Flanigan, T. Barker,T.Lee,T.Wilkins,T.Schultz.

Queenscliff 3.2(20), 6.9(45), 8.15(63), 18.19(127)

Newcomb3.4(22),4.8(32),5.9(39),7.11(53)

Goals: Queenscliff - J. Monahan 6, J. McHenry 2, J. Wright 2, I. Grant 2, L. Adam, M.Waight,J.Cincotta,S.Kalbfell,L.Kidd,N. Rippon.Newcomb-T.Webster2,P.Gordyn, P.McGinley,B.Clark,J.Duke,D.Davidson.

Best: Queenscliff - L. Kidd, N. Rippon, J. Wright, L. Adam, H. Gower, C. Durran. Newcomb - J. Taylor, L. Wagener, C. Ogle, B. Clark,T.Robertson,J.Duncan.

Torquay 5.3(33), 12.7(79), 19.12(126), 23.16(154)

OceanGrove0.0(0),0.1(1),1.3(9),2.6(18)

Goals: Torquay - H. Trigg 7, T. Smith 6, V. Rahilly 3, J. Darke, L. Cook, S. Ham, M. Boag, T. Boak, N. Mifsud, T. Diamond. OceanGrove-H.Walsh,B.Pohlner.

Best: Torquay - V. Rahilly, S. Meagher, T. Emmerson, C. Patton, H. Trigg, N. Mifsud. Ocean Grove - H. Walsh, L. Jarrad, N. Badrock,H.Cashin,R.Bongart,J.Lange.

Best: Portarlington - S. Greenhough, T. Miles, M. Turnbull, D. O’Brien, L. Salvador, S. McDonald. Anglesea - C. Hutchinson, J. King, S. Leeds, R. Baker, W. Batson, I. Hardman.

East Geelong 2.4(16), 4.9(33), 10.17(77), 15.19(109)

Anakie0.2(2),4.6(30),6.7(43),9.8(62)

Goals: East Geelong - N. Charman 4, C. Ezard 4, B. Crombie 2, S. Purdy 2, J. Mclean, J. Payne, W. Hough. Anakie - J. Sutherland 3, L. Dahlhaus 2, J. Mawson, J. Francese-Fulton,D.Robinson,R.Cannon.

Best: East Geelong - A. Mulvahil, J. Doyle, B. Crombie, J. Mclean, B. Mulvahil, N. Charman. Anakie - J. Sutherland, B. Gerrard, L. Dahlhaus, M. Crossett, J. Mawson,R.Cannon.

Winchelsea 5.4(34), 8.5(53), 11.8(74), 17.12(114)

Bell Post Hill 2.2(14), 6.5(41), 7.5(47), 10.6(66)

Goals: Winchelsea - I. Parish 4, C. Primmer 4, R. Baulch 2, J. Sampi 2, J. Gould 2, F. Parish, J. Terrill, N. Harvey. Bell Post HillN. Costello 4, J. Flaccavento 2, J. Saunders, T.Barton,T.Jenkins,C.Bacely.

Best: Winchelsea - I. Parish, F. Parish, A. Walsh, J. Sampi, D. Isbister, R. James. Bell Post Hill - B. Carter, D. Godwin, T. Jenkins, N.Flaccavento,J.Yates,D.Banister.

Thomson 4.1(25), 8.3(51), 11.4(70), 11.10(76) Corio3.4(22),4.6(30),8.13(61),9.17(71)

Goals: Thomson - J. Camm 5, J. Blair, J. Hanneysee, P. Davis, G. Wilson, H. Ryan, A. Barca. Corio - H. Burns 3, D. Waldron 2, K. Manning-Stratton,C.Shoebridge,B.Ash,B. Cervenka.

Best: Thomson - P. Davis, S. Jacka, Z. Rochow-O’Toole, J. Camm, H. Ryan, O. Cope. Corio - T. McMahon, J. Evans, K. Manning-Stratton,D.Cefai,J.Green,J.Hall.

Belmont Lions 4.4(28), 7.7(49), 13.7(85), 15.13(103) Bannockburn 3.2(20), 5.7(37), 10.7(67), 11.11(77)

Goals: Belmont Lions - B. McPherson 9, B. Evans 3, J. Wilson, C. Anderson, J. Wood. Bannockburn - B. Kelly 3, B. Harding 3, H. Hawker 2, A. Beardsell, T. Battaglia, D. Giddings.

Best: Belmont Lions - B. McPherson, B. Eddy, B. Michell, M. Dyster, L. Slorach, A. Darken. Bannockburn - T. Sadler, T. Bath, L. Bowdern, B. Harding, A. Beardsell, H. Hawker.

GEELONG&DISTRICT

Corio62defThomson48

Best: Corio - Mckensie Wade, Erin Dillon, Bridie Shanahan. ThomsonAleisha Tainui, Mikaela Jarvis, Shae Rowbottom.

EastGeelong48defAnakie23

Best: East Geelong - Maggie McInnes, Abbey Rumbiolo, Shannon Pietsch. Anakie - Atiana Niu, Kyra Ballantyne, VeronicaBorsi.

Winchelsea55defBellPostHill27

Best: Winchelsea - Layla Pretorius, Ella Leith, Makayla Bulte. Bell Post HillMillaHolt,JorjaCaruso,AimeeHooper. North Geelong 32 def Werribee Centrals31

Best: North Geelong - Keira Marsh, Cody Dixon, Tegan Butler. Werribee Centrals - Jacinta Savory, Alual Garang, JuliaNash.

Inverleigh67defGeelongWestGiants 12

Best: Inverleigh - Gabrielle Field, Adelaide Annand, Taylah Nelson. Geelong West Giants - Kathryn Eastman, Kirsten Martin, Taleea Drever.

BelmontLions39defBannockburn37

Best: Belmont Lions - Ellen Doyle, Shayna Brown, Jess Blackmore. Bannockburn - Mikaela Minns, Alyce Willie,SharonFord.

BELLARINE

Torquay57defOceanGrove52

Best:Torquay-BridgetWitham,Kiralee Collings, Kate Schippers. Ocean Grove - Zanna Woods, Amanda O’Malley, GeorgiaRyan.

SurfCoast68defModewarre35

Best: Modewarre - Sarah Mulqueen, HayleyToull,AbbyLarkin.

Drysdale55defBarwonHeads44

Best: Drysdale - Maddison Connally, Demi Grant, Elise Ruggles. Barwon Heads - Martine Rodger, Racquel Scott, ChelseaBaker.

Portarlington63defAnglesea34

Best: Portarlington - Laura Robinson, MikaylaMevissen,AshHogan. Queenscliff56defNewcomb46

Cougar cubs win and advance to 2nd-semi

By Justin Flynn

After a miraculous feat to even make the Victorian Netball League Championship finals, Geelong Cougars season came to an end on Wednesday 22 July, but there was some good news.

The Cougars’ Under 23s showed why they finished top of the ladder and won their first final in impressive fashion at State Netball Centre in Parkville.

The Championship team was beaten by Casey Demons after Geelong led by three goals at quarter time.

Casey eventually found form to win 61 to 47, scoring the last five goals of the match to put an end to the Cougars’ season.

The Under 23s, however, steadied in the final two minutes to win 64 to 61 against Melbourne University Lightning and set up a grand final qualifier against North East Blaze.

When Lightning goal shooter Kate O’Dwyer goaled with two minutes remaining, the Cougars held a one-goal lead and the game was up for grabs.

But two goals to Piper Stephens at goal attack put the margin out to three and while O’Dwyer pegged one back late, Geelong goal shooter Eliza Dunell calmly slotted the next and, as the buzzer sounded, her side was in front by three.

The timing was right: Farrell

By Justin Flynn

Ocean Grove coach Dave Farrell said the “timing was right” for the club to head in a new direction next season after informing him and co-coach Nick Bourke that they would not have their contracts renewed.

Farrell began as coach in 2023 and was joined by Bourke the following season as a playing co-coach.

The Grubbers have won just 16 times from their past 67 matches and were belted by Torquay on the weekend by 136 points. Farrell and Bourke have faced challenges due to player departures and a young group that is still finding its feet at senior level. They will continue at the helm for the remainder of the season.

“Coaching a community football club of this size is a significant commitment and while we’re both disappointed with not delivering more wins, we are really proud of the way we have gone about it, always prioritising support for our players most highly,” Farrell said.

“Our program is full of amazing people - our players, coaches, staff and volunteers - so when the season comes to a close we will miss seeing them all three times a week.

“For now our focus now is solely on supportingthisplayinggroupandcoaching staff to finish the season as strongly as we possibly can. They deserve our best.”

Ocean Grove president Greg Mervin acknowledged the pair’s commitment, but said it was the right time to take the list in a new direction.

“Both Dave and Nick have invested significantly in every one of our players who have been involved in the program,” he said in a statement.

“The care and development provided to each player over the past three and a half

It was Zoey Shaw’s first final after missing last season’s action with an ankle injury. Shaw played the entire game at wing defence and said the Cougars steadied when things got tight.

“It was close up until right until the end,” she said.

“We were a few up for about five minutes and then they got an intercept

seasons has been of the highest level.

“We acknowledge the significant commitment, passion and professionalism that Dave and Nick have brought to the senior football program and sincerely thank them both for their contribution and dedication to the Grubbers.

“We extend thanks to their program staff and to their respective families, who have supported them and the club considerably during the past four seasons.

“Decisions of this nature are never easy. We ask that everyone respects those involved during this transition period.”

Ocean Grove sits 10th on the ladder with three wins this season.

TheGrubbersfaceDrysdale,Queenscliff, Newcomb, Surf Coast and Barwon Heads in their remaining five games.

and it came down to one goal. I think it was Piper (Stephens) who got an intercept in the last minute or so and we went three up.”

Geelong has not been playing at its best the past few weeks mainly due to player unavailability, but Shaw said it started to click during the game.

“I think having everyone back, the familiarity of everyone, helped us,” she said.

“We haven’t been playing our best the last few weeks because we’ve had a few losses, but I think everyone just pulled through at the right time.”

The Cougars only used two bench players, but have plenty of depth for the rest of the finals series.

“We’ve got multiple backups in every position,” Shaw said.

“Lulu (Zoey’s sister Louise) came off and Piper (Stephens) came off for a bit, I think. But if needed, there’s Eliza Oxley, a tall goal shooter, who has come on lots of times this season and done just fine.

“Georgia Howell, a goalkeeper, Eliza Hannagan at wing defence, goal defence.”

The winner of the Cougars vs Blaze final will go through to the grand final while the loser gets another chance in the preliminary final against the winner of the Lightning vs City West Falcons first semifinal.

Cats hopeful star pair can return

By Steve Larkin, AAP

GeelongbelievesinjuredplaymakerMax Holmes could play again this season if the Cats make a deep run in the finals.

Holmes had ankle surgery after being hurtinGeelong’s27-pointtriumphagainst St Kilda last Thursday night.

The brilliant midfielder won’t feature for the rest of the home and away season.

But Cats coach Chris Scott is hopeful on Holmes, and also says champion spearhead Jeremy Cameron (shoulder) could return before the finals.

“Jeremy, we’re talking best-case scenarios here, it’s possible he might be back towards the end of the home-andaway season, start of finals,” he said.

“It’s also possible that he might not come back at all, so these long-term outlooks are fraught with potential error. Jeremystartoffinals,potentially.AndMax, if we go a bit deeper into finals, then that becomes a bit more hopeful.”

With five games remaining before finals, the Cats hold ninth spot - two wins behindfourth,andtwowinsaheadof11th.

Scott said Holmes’ surgery on his right ankle was successful.

“There is only two outcomes postsurgery that I am aware of in my time in footy: it was either a disaster and they found more than they had hoped, or the surgeon is really happy and it went well,” he said. “It’s the latter this time, it went as expected; Max is actually really optimistic and positive - so is Jeremy, for that matter. So we are just leaving all options on the table.

“It’s one where we would be really straightforward if it was clear that it was season over. But it is not the case for either of them which, again, gives us some room for optimism.”

Winter Triples comp reaches halfway mark

LOCAL TENNIS

Tyler Krumholz

The Winter Tennis Geelong Thursday night Triples competition has reached the halfway mark in the 10-week season, and the ladders are starting to take shape.

Section 1 may have the most surprising result, with 10-time premiers Moolap Two Phones Chol sitting in third place, one spot out of the top two, behind Highton and Hamlyn Park.

Last season’s premiers Highton Net Results gave Moolap their first loss of the season in round 5 with a 5-1 win. Moolap was not at full strength however, with two stronger players missing the match, and they’llbelookingtomakeasecond-halfpush to ensure they don’t miss out on the final for the first time in multiple years.

Last season’s Section 3 premiers Highton Baseline Apologetic are off to a flying start in Section 2, undefeated and on top of the ladder at round 5. Last season’s Section 2 wooden spooners Moolap Zing Kings have reinforced their lineup and are right on their heels, only one point back.

Moolap handed Grovedale Federation their first loss of the season with a 5-1 victory after Grovedale’s three close wins and a washout. Highton and Moolap had a 3-3 tussleinround3thatHightonwonongames, and it will be an intriguing second half of the season to see if those teams continue to separate themselves on top.

In Section 3, Geelong Lawn 3 are on top of the ladder, just a point ahead of last season’s runners-up Leopold Deuce of Hazard. Lawn have had two washouts, and Leopold has a win over the top team in round 4.

However, Geelong Winks Wizards are sitting in third and have a victory over the second-place team in round 3. Highton LOBsters also have a strong squad and are only a point back from the Wizards in fourth, so this section may be a toss-up for who makes the grand final.

Father and son duo Dean and George Montgomery are leading Drysdale 1 to a strong first half of the season in Section 4. George may be only 10, but is currently the 58th ranked Under 12 player in Victoria, and holds a 3-0 record in singles in his first season.

Second placed Highton Get a Grip will havetheirfirstcrackattheladderleadersthis week after a first round washout between the two sides.

Four teams have one loss in Section 5, with Western Heights and Hamlyn Warriors on 26 points, while GLTC 5 and last season’s premiers Leopold Hit for Brains trail on 22 points.

Section 6 has newcomer St Leonards Lemons showing they belong and sitting in first place.

Highton Flyers are undefeated and lead Section 7 after last season’s third-place disappointment, and all-women’s team Geelong Lawn 8 are also unbeaten and are on top of the Section 8 ladder.

Hawks comeback thrills home crowd

Drysdale kicked the last five goals of the game to defeat Barwon Heads at Mortimer Oval, sending the home crowd into raptures and Independent photographer Ivan Kemp was there for the thrilling final quarter.

Torquay wins top three clash

Torquay defeated Ocean Grove by five goals in a high-class game at Ray Menzies Oval netball courts on Saturday 18 July in a battle between second and third on the ladder. Independent photographer Ivan Kemp was there to capture some of the action.

Tigers pass massive test

By Justin Flynn

Torquay’s Bellarine Netball League premiership credentials gained momentum when it withstood a challenge from reigning threetime champions Ocean Grove.

It was the manner in which the Tigers won that impressed.

Rewind back to last season’s preliminary final and the Tigers led by five goals at three-quarter time.

Ocean Grove would then go on a seven-goal spree to eventually win by five, but there were no demons coming back to haunt Torquay in this round 15 clash between second and third on the ladder at Ray Menzies Oval courts on Saturday 18 July.

Grove pulled to within two goals with seven minutes remaining, but Torquay steadied and went home with a 57 to 52 victory.

For Torquay coach Madi Browne, who had a glittering career with 61 games for Australia, it was a reward for hard work. Browne took over from Sonia Harris during 2025 and likened last season to being a “substitute teacher - you just took over the class and you try and do what you can”

“Yesterday when it got really close, you can still see them really enjoying it and having a smile on their face and going, ‘what, we’ve got this, we’ve trained for this, we know what we can do’,” Browne said.

“Last year…we’d get a little bit of a sniff of a lead, but then we’d keep the door open and allow our opposition to come, not only back into the contest, but then trump us and walk all over us in the end.

“So it’s great to know that we can grind out those really close contests.”

The win put Torquay outright second on the ladder, half a game clear of Portarlington and a game ahead of Ocean Grove.

This Saturday’s clash against Port shapes as a huge contest. The Tigers’ run home is favourable with unbeaten Geelong Amateur to come in round 17 and then three matches against sides not in the top five.

“This probably comes from my professional days, you chunk the season into little chunks, like the first six weeks, then we had a bye,” Browne said.

“We had another six weeks, then we had the double bye. Now we’re finishing off with our last six.

“Yesterday was a great test. Next week (is) awesome, against Port (and) we want to know where we sit against Ammos. No team is easy, you’ve got to be on your game.”

Star goaler Daisy O’Kane looks to have shrugged off a back injury that kept her sidelined for six games. O’Kane shot 42 goals from 56 attempts against Grove, a conversion rate of 75 per cent when it is usually around the mid-80s.

“Yesterday was the first 60 minutes she’s had since round five,” Browne said.

“So yes, you can look at that and go, ‘gosh, it’s uncharacteristic’ , but I think we’re building her back with minutes, with confidence in her body and just even the connections around her.

“No doubt, she gets as hard on herself as we all do, but it’s great to be able to have those attempts, knowing that it’s in our control to fix that accuracy. That’s a good sign for us. If we weren’t getting the ball, then that’s probably a worse issue.”

Evie Hughes has been a terrific acquisition after playing for Myrtleford in the Ovens & Murray League.

“Evie’s a great addition to the team and so is Ari (Ariana Luamanu) this year and Tess (Tessa Willett) returning,” Browne said.

“She’s (Hughes) only just turned 21 this year, so she’s got plenty of fight in her. I love her competitiveness. She’s got the fire in the belly, she wants to win, she wants to be a contributor on the court.”

Drysdale turns it on for home crowd with comeback win

By Justin Flynn

While still a mathematical chance to play finals, there is genuine cause for optimism at Drysdale despite a 5-9 win-loss ratio.

The injury-hit Hawks’ list profile is stacked with players in their early 20s and coach Ben Carmichael knows that the more they play, the more they will improve.

“Our list profile is 18-year-olds to 22, 23, then there’s a bit of a gap and it’s probably 28 and above,” he said.

“What we’re excited about is this group playing 50 to 100 games and if we can keep them all together then we’ll be pretty strong.

“Some of those guys this year have probably played bigger roles than they’ve had in the past, if some of our personnel have been missing.

“So we’re excited about the age demographic of our list, and I guess the next thing is for them to improve and to be our main players.”

Learning from experienced players such as Jack Jenkins, James Breust, Lachlan Dalgleish and Mitch McGuire is, of course, part of the journey.

“It’s good that we’ve still got some really experienced guys that they can learn off

and just feed off,” Carmichael said.

“I reckon that helps a lot in players’ development.”

Drysdale sits two games and percentage outside the five and although finals are still a long shot, a favourable run home awaits.

The Hawks kicked five goals to none in the final term at Mortimer Oval on Saturday 18 July to run over the top of a Barwon Heads side that had everything to play for, by nine points.

“We just took our chances and we took our moments in the game and we just kept coming,” Carmichael said.

“Probably our last quarters this year have been a little bit inconsistent, so it was good to come over the top and win one of those close games. It was life member’s day, so it was a really good win.”

The Hawks aren’t thinking too far beyond this weekend’s clash against 10thplaced Ocean Grove.

“It’s probably just next week at the moment and we’ve set ourselves for a bit of a six-week block,” Carmichael said.

“We had a bye and we realised there was six to go and let’s just try and win as many as we can on the way home and where we end up, we end up.

“I guess once you start stringing two together, you sort of do have a look and you bridge a little bit of a gap. Wherever we end up, that’s where we end up I guess.”

Jake Hargreaves booted four goals against the Seagulls, a week after playing his 100th senior match for Drysdale. Hargreaves’ role has varied at times this season.

“We’ve probably changed Jake’s role a little bit,” Carmichael said.

“He’s been playing up on a wing as well and sometimes deep forward. I think traditionally he’s sort of pigeonholed a little bit just as a small deep forward that kicks goals and his worth has probably been if he kicks goals or not.

“So this year, he’s played a few different roles - high forward and as a wingman.

“With small forwards it’s probably the hardest position to play. So if we can add something to his game, it’s only going to make him improve it more.”