Our featured news, community updates and media releases.

Fire up your preparations and help protect your property this summer
We’re urging residents to get their properties fire-ready before summer, with the formal Fire Danger Period expected to be declared in our region soon.

Mayor welcomes bus services as step towards better public transport and rail

Commitment and action to tackle homelessness
City Hall has hosted a second Greater Geelong Homelessness Roundtable, bringing together senior leaders across the homelessness, government and community sectors to continue discussions on this growing issue.

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

National Wool Museum seeks entries for $10,000 Sustainable Fashion Prize
Entries are now open for We the Makers Sustainable Fashion Prize, a biennial acquisitive prize and exhibition celebrating innovation in ethical and sustainable fashion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

City playgrounds open and ready for use after renewal works
Seven City of Greater Geelong playgrounds have re-opened in time for Christmas following recent renewal works.

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

Safety first at Eastern Beach during the summer break
With up to 10,000 visitors per day expected at Eastern Beach over summer, we have introduced some new safety initiatives to the swimming enclosure.

Council to support the community with over four million dollars in latest round of community grants
Funding worth a total of $4,021,732 has been awarded to 155 applicants in the latest round of community grants endorsed by Council.

Quarterly update shows City on track to deliver 96 per cent of actions in 2024 - 25 Annual Action Plan
Council has noted the Our Community Plan Quarterly Report for the September 2024 quarter.

Feedback sought for proposed cycling corridor between Torquay and Geelong
The City of Greater Geelong and Surf Coast Shire Council have received analysis grants through the TAC Local Government Grant Program to undertake an options analysis for developing a safe cycling link between Torquay and Geelong.