Sorrento
This town swells in summer. Locals love it year-round
More than just a playground for Melbourne’s wealthy during summer, the seaside community in Sorrento still maintains a sense of coastal soul.
- Gemma Grant
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Hospitality veteran and billionaire family locked in court battle over iconic seaside hotel
Sorrento identity Julian Gerner has filed a burning summer lawsuit alleging the billionaire Smorgon family and its partners diddled him when they purchased the famed Continental Hotel five years ago.
- Sarah Danckert
Mornington Peninsula suburbs where house prices plunged by double digits
Sought-after neighbourhoods are cheaper than a year ago, but prices in other locales have defied the downturn.
- Emily Power
The Mornington Peninsula hotspot where house prices slumped 23 per cent
Buyers priced out of the Mornington Peninsula market during the COVID-era boom may find the door is now ajar.
- Emily Power
How Glenda and Jennifer created a light-filled, peninsula-perfect home
They’d had it with teaching. It was partly chemistry, partly Dorothy the Dinosaur that led Glenda and Jennifer into their new careers.
- Lou Sweeney
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- The Rooftop at Hotel Sorrento
The Rooftop at Hotel Sorrento
A French Riviera-inspired bar and diner with ocean views.
- Tomas Telegramma
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- AFL off-field behaviour
‘Come on, let’s go’: What police have been told about AFL stars’ Sorrento brawl
Demons defender Steven May and Richmond midfielder Dion Prestia have been accused of participating in the Christmas holiday fight that left a man with a broken eye socket.
- Cameron Houston and Danny Russell
The eight best homes for sale in Victoria
Looking for your next home in Victoria? We’ve got you covered.
- Mary O'Brien and Lou Sweeney
‘I once ate two in one sitting’: A peak summer salad sandwich from a seaside general store
Take the rainbow road right to the beach with this ready-made, reasonably priced and remarkably constructed sanger.
- Tomas Telegramma
Why the beach wars are hotter than ever this summer
From cabanas to jet-skis, off-leash dogs and loud music, it seems everybody has an opinion on beach behaviour. With soaring beach visitor numbers, experts say we are facing a known phenomenon: the “tragedy of the commons”.
- Sophie Aubrey