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The roaring fireplace at the Merrijig Inn.

Merrijig Inn

A historic pub with a fairy light-festooned beer garden.

  • Richard Cornish

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House prices in towns such as Barwon Heads have had a double-digit price drop.

The Victorian coastal towns where house prices plunged 20 per cent

Beach houses in many popular spots have recorded double-digit price drops over the past couple of years, and buyers have their pick.

  • Kate Halfpenny
Exterior of the Guildford Family Hotel in Guildford, country Victoria.

10 of Victoria’s best regional pubs worth planning a road trip around

What’s even better than a long pub lunch? A long pub lunch in the country! These venues are the real deal, with food, drinks and settings worth planning a trip around.

  • Richard Cornish
Cooper Onyett, centre, with his mother Skye Meinen and older brother. Cooper drowned at Port Fairy in 2021.

‘Shattered into a million pieces’: Mother speaks of loss after son drowns on school trip

A judge has grilled lawyers for the Education Department about why they did not pass on swimming proficiency information before an eight-year-old boy drowned on a school excursion.

  • David Estcourt
The historic Old Market Inn.

This historic, stately inn is a surprisingly cosy beachside getaway

This bluestone heritage inn by the sea makes an ideal escape whatever the season.

  • Justin Meneguzzi
Airlie Beach is an attraction in itself, with its open-air bars, restaurants and cafes overlooking the sea.

10 beach towns that are better than Byron

Byron Bay may get the headlines, but there’s a lot more beach towns out there with far less traffic, and much lower prices.

  • Craig Tansley
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Go-to dish: Abalone with smoked eel.
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Fen's truly exceptional tasting menu is worth travelling for

This version of the Port Fairy fine diner delivers both more and less than its predecessor, writes Besha Rodell.

  • Besha Rodell
An original-condition three-bedroom house in Dalmeny is on the market for $799,000, just above the area’s median price.

Coastal towns where prices have doubled in five years but are still under $1m

Property prices have reached new heights in many coastal towns, but there are still some coastal towns with six-figure median prices, despite rapid growth.

  • Kate Burke
Deen Maar, off the south-west coast of Victoria.

A sacred island called Deen Maar and an approaching wind storm

Islands drift at the edge of our knowing, bewitching some of us who catch a glimpse of them. Deen Maar and its path for the dead is one of them.

  • Tony Wright
The Port Fairy Lighthouse on the easternmost tip of Griffiths Island.

Port Fairy, a travel guide: Avoid the Great Ocean Road crowds, and head to the seaside town most Victorians miss

Just three hours from Melbourne, this delightful town is far from the full car parks and bad coffee of Victoria's Great Ocean Road.

  • Belinda Jackson

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