Jonathon Kendall is an experienced reporter, presenter, producer and editor across online, TV and radio. He thrives working with his ABC colleagues to tell important stories in interesting ways. He lives on the Bellarine Peninsula and currently works from the ABC's Geelong office. You can reach him at [email protected]
A 167-year old example of an ancient species of tree in Geelong's Botanic Gardens takes top honours in the Victorian Tree of the Year competition.
Two Victorian councils join forces to prevent a new Coles supermarket from being built near a tourist hub on the Bellarine Peninsula.
Topic: Urban Development and Planning
Researchers are concerned family day care services might disappear in Australia as educators leave the sector feeling unsupported and parents increasingly choose centre-based child care.
While the Geelong and Broadmeadows economies have bounced back from Ford factory closures in 2016, former workers say their journeys have been tough.
Almost 20 years ago, transport expert Peter Newman called for Bendigo's trams to be used as public transport. Now, Bendigo and Geelong are among several cities across Australia looking to adopt light rail as a potential transport solution.
Op shops are feeling threatened as Savers expands its second-hand retail stores across Australia.
A Victorian coroner says an injecting room in Geelong could have provided care for a woman who died of a drug overdose in the city last year.
Customers left in the lurch when a Chinese electric vehicle giant terminated its exclusive agreement with an Australian company now have more certainty, but it's been a hard for many.
Surf Coast Suns players say their safety and dignity are at stake without change rooms and toilets closer to the court.
Cult survivors say they have been left fearful after an "unacceptable privacy breach" where their identities were potentially shared with groups they have been hiding from.
A Victorian inquiry into the recruitment methods and impacts of cults and organised fringe groups is recommending world-leading laws against group coercive control.
Charity op shops in Geelong are feeling threatened by the arrival of US megastore Savers.
When Mustansir Milky took the leap and bought a new electric vehicle, he didn't expect to have to fight to get the $5,000 cashback payment he was promised.
A report from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau into a crash at the Avalon Airshow last year will result in changes to how low stunt pilots can fly at the event.
Residents of the scenic Great Ocean Road are at their wits' end after the increasingly intelligent birds learnt how to lift the lids of wheelie bins, spreading rubbish through the town of Lorne.
A Victorian artist paints hundreds of willie wagtails a week to give away locally and now they're popping up all over the world.
A new study has found a clear link between air pollution exposure and the risk of ending up in hospital. It's a battle Julia Ovens knows only too well.
A small fish that smells like freshly-cut cucumber could be akin to a canary in the coalmine for one of Victoria's most stressed rivers.
Residents near a large oil refinery fire have told a community meeting that initial information from emergency services was misleading and there was a lack of updates.
A set of skate bowls with origins as an outlet for teens in a tough Geelong suburb, once visited by Tony Hawk, may soon be preserved long-term through heritage protection.
For residents of Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula like Vicki, who is facing the impacts of climate change-induced erosion and inundation, the water near their doors is both their biggest asset and greatest risk.
When the Virasati Punjabi School Geelong started five years ago, it had 15 students. Now, it has 53.
Business owners hope visitors will return to communities along the Great Ocean Road after they lost money during a summer of natural disasters.
The Queenscliff Coast Guard has a long history of keeping the water safe, but the number of boaters taking bigger risks have seen the number of rescues soar in the past decade.
Data shows rental affordability in regional parts of Australia has fallen in the past year, while the situation in most capital cities has not improved.
