Wheels Rolls Out West Style

MELANIE GREENSMITH has just signed off on plans to open her first store in her base of Perth since her Wheels & Doll Baby label launched there some 22 years ago.

Repco Looking A Lot Better

You can only go so long without buying a new set of mag wheels or a new seat cover.

On Four Wheels And A Prayer

A beat-up car put Flip Byrnes on Napoleon's path.

Rally Wheels Turn

ORGANISERS of the Australian Safari offroad rally have announced that, after a two-year absence, the event will return next year and for the first time will be run in Western Australia.

Sprinters Match Wits With Rivals

BEFORE the Commonwealth Games come the mind games. Today, in Perth, Australia's sprint squad will match wheels and wits with their English and Scottish opponents at the SpeedDome in a pre-Games clash.

Sprinters Size Up Uk Rivals

BEFORE the Commonwealth Games come the mind games. Today in Perth, Australia's sprint group will match wheels and wits with English and Scottish opponents at the SpeedDome in a pre-Games clash.

Wheels Of Good Fortune Still Turning At 80

KEN Lynch, 80, will climb out of bed and set off before dawn this morning for Bicycle Victoria's Around the Bay in a Day event.

Roller Wheels For A Deal

HE represented Australia at the Athens Paralympics and once scored 55 points in a basketball game.

Wheels Fall Off As Erratic Rollers Grind To A Halt

THE Wollongong Roller Hawks' Jekyll-and-Hyde personality surfaced over the weekend in a weekend split with the Perth Wheelcats at Shellharbour Basketball Stadium.

Devoted Cyclist Was A Trailblazer On Two Wheels

Obituary - RON SHEPHERD - CYCLIST - 31-12-1934 - 13-1-2004

Master Of Philanthropy Throws Singers More Than Just A Crust

To pay for all her singing lessons, German classes and voice teachers, Tanith Bryce has manned the counter at Harry's Cafe de Wheels. On Monday, after seven years of serving pies, she may quit, thanks to a mysterious Japanese benefactor. The 25-year-old is one of six finalists for the $30,000 Marianne Mathy Scholarship, part of the 2003 Australian Singing Competition at the Opera House. Her potential patron is one of Australia's most generous philanthropists, Dr Haruhisa Handa, who has largely funded the

The Crash Test Dummy Who Talked

Cars are more lethal than guns, but practical research on how they kill us is rare. Rod Easdown meets a lifesaver on wheels.

My Wheels Of Fortune

From manufacturing components for Victa mowers to wheels for Ferraris.

Wolves Need A Recharge

Have the wheels fallen off? That's the question being asked by Wolves fans now that their team has won only one of their last five games.

Oh What A Night, As Visitors Make Themselves At Home.

Sorry, but am I the only one here watching this? It's 9.16 on Thursday night and up on the TVs a pair of Australians are winning gold in the madison, that 60kilometre, slingshotpropelled riot on bikes. There's just been a giant bingle, wheels and riders flying everywhere, and we're taking the medal,

Fest Gets Lucky

THE MELBOURNE, Perth or Sydney writers' festivals would be thrilled to have them as guests but the City of Boroondara has won the quinella of Les Murray and Helen Garner as the main guests at LitFest 99, which begins on 30 April. The festival, which has grown out of the Hawthorn Literature Festiv

War On Wheels

In a debilitating atmosphere of allegations and anger, the Australian cycling team is trying to focus. GEOFF KITNEY reports from Beuttgen, Germany. THE setting could hardly be more idyllic- the rich green and golden German coun- tryside outside and the flashing green and gold of Australian s

Ferris Wheels To Fastest Time

ADELAIDE Top sprinter Michelle Ferris proved her bona fides as the World championship and Commonwealth Games contender with a scorching 200 metres flying time trial at the national cycling championships yesterday. The Victorian could be joined by South Australian junior world champion Alayna B

Wheels In Motion For New Comp

Guidelines for the new National Rugby League Competition will become clear within the next fortnight after six committees were formed yesterday to determine the new competition set-up. The committees will work on competition structure, development, referees, judiciary, rules and player recruitme

Drive Gear

Christmas on wheels? What a horrible thought ... There are no cars in this yuletide guide. Instead, the most practical gift for any motorist (but especially teens) is a defensive-driving course. Based on sound survival techniques and the right attitude - rather than cowboy skid control - one of t