Barwon Heads, Australia News

PLANS to build a kindergarten on parkland are bad for Barwon Heads, residents told a council meeting this week.

ANOTHER outbreak of toxic algae has closed part of the Barwon River in Geelong, the river's manager has announced.

BETTER get up early for the Australia Day kite flying on Main Beach. The free public holiday activity put on by the Lions Club of Ocean Grove and Barwon Heads always attracts a large number of youngsters and families all keen to build and fly their own kites.

Andrew Barlow, sea-changer, thinks Barwon Heads on Victoria's surf coast is losing a sense of community.

So it comes as no surprise to learn his second book - South Coast Journey, which covers the coastline from Barwon Heads to Victor Harbour - took about five years of research and writing.