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Squaky Beach, with its sparkling torquoise water and glistening white sand, is one of Australia’s top beaches.

This beach was crowned Australia’s best. Is it being ‘loved to death’?

An increasing number of Australian natural wonders have become so popular, so rapidly, authorities are being forced to consider limiting public access to them. 

  • Bianca Hall

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Wilsons Prom loyal campers Matt Vigus with baby Augustus, Beatrix Vigus, Molly Hodgson, Violet Vigus and Cullen Smith.

Ghost camping down as pricing returns – but Prom campers want ballot back

Tidal River is busier than last year when holidaymakers were able to reserve sites but not turn up – at zero cost – leaving spots empty while others missed out.

  • Lachlan Abbott
Port Melbourne beach offered Dean Edgell and his dog Daisy a reprieve on Saturday.

More than 100 water rescues as heatwave sweeps across Victoria

Total fire bans will be in effect across much of the state on Sunday as the heat persists.

  • Cassandra Morgan and Angus Delaney
An area of collapsed forest that will be reseeded as part of the trial.

The prom’s eucalyptus forests are dying. Here’s a plan to save them

Most people fail to notice “blank-looking holes” in the forested hills at Wilsons Promontory National Park. They’re a sign of ecological collapse, as eucalyptus trees struggle to rejuvenate.

  • Miki Perkins
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‘Rebalance the ecosystem’: The plan to return dingoes and devils to the Prom

A group of ecologists and conservationists have written to the new Victorian minister for the environment, urging her to reintroduce predators like dingoes to the Wilsons Promontory National Park.

  • Miki Perkins
Spanning 130 metres wide, 60 metres high and 60 metres deep,  Cleft Island is so big it could engulf the Sydney Opera House.


Wilsons Promonotory

Skull Rock, AKA Cleft Island, off Wilsons Promontory: New tour gets you up close

What treasures lie within cavernous Skull Rock have largely been held secret, until now.

  • Kylie McLaughlin
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Luxury meets  minimalist industrial chic at Ross Farm.

The best weekends away in Victoria

Those looking for a short break in Victoria are spoilt for choice – farmhouse adventures, seaside drives and eclectic discoveries await.

Seals at Anderson Islets.

Exciting marine wildlife tours to do in Wilsons Promontory, Victoria

Keep your eyes peeled for dolphins, fur seals and whales.

  • Belinda Jackson
Jim Billings and his close mate Ando have spent nearly 40 years camping at Walkerville.

Unhappy Gippsland campers face losing their annual camping spots

'You wait for someone to die': Should Victoria's campers on public land be able to renew 'their' sites every summer?

  • Carolyn Webb
Overlooking Wilsons Promontory.

Spotted By Locals: Tim Cope’s Gippsland

This adventurer, author, film-maker and expedition leader loves returning to the wild and wide-open spaces of West Gippsland.

  • Tricia Welsh