Queenscliff
Australia’s most notorious ocean swim to proceed despite mass rescue
The swim across a treacherous 3.5-kilometre stretch of water will proceed on Saturday despite swimmers being swept into Bass Strait during a training camp last year.
- Cameron Houston
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- The Esplanade Hotel
The Esplanade Hotel
A reborn pub just back from the foreshore with a beer garden and kids’ playground.
- Tomas Telegramma
Helicopter landing site riles locals in this prized coastal area
Should a helicopter be allowed to land near a sensitive marine environment? Residents said no. A tribunal disagreed.
- Benjamin Preiss
The best properties for sale across Victoria right now
Looking for your next home? From a Jan Juc bushland showstopper to a Preston home that celebrates its past, we’ve got you covered.
- Mary O'Brien and Lou Sweeney
‘Impossible to insure a property’: How climate change will impact your suburb or town
Southbank, Docklands, Elwood, Lakes Entrance and Queenscliff are among the Victorian suburbs and towns at the highest risk of water inundation due to climate change by 2040.
- Benjamin Preiss, Rachael Dexter and Jewel Topsfield
Historic Queenscliff pub for sale with $6 million price tag
The Queenscliff Brewhouse – formerly the historic Esplanade Hotel – is on the market seven years after its renaissance.
- Nicole Lindsay
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- Tragedy
The story behind scuba veteran Trent Williams’ final dive
Trent Williams had been diving for 30 years. It was what he loved to do. But in April, he went for a dive at Queenscliff and never came home.
- Carla Jaeger and Jackson Graham
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- Coronavirus pandemic
From 80 employees to eight: events workers face income support cliff
Two more of Victoria’s big spring-time events were cancelled this week as the events sector pleaded for the state government for a plan to re-open.
- Noel Towell and Vanessa Di Natale
Cheer up, the kids have got good news for you
The media is a tough industry to break into, but that hasn't stopped Victoria's youngest journalists from keeping their neighbours informed during the pandemic.
- Tom Cowie
Stabbing, assaults and robberies at out-of-control beach party on the Bellarine Peninsula
Police were forced to break up a party of over three hundred held on the sand dunes near Point Lonsdale, after reports of robberies and assaults taking place.
- Matilda Boseley