Wilsons Promontory
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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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
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
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
‘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
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
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.
Exciting marine wildlife tours to do in Wilsons Promontory, Victoria
Keep your eyes peeled for dolphins, fur seals and whales.
- Belinda Jackson
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
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