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Alexander Selway opted to buy property in Ocean Grove because it was more affordable than other beach towns.

Beach on a budget: Victorian coastal towns where homes cost under $1m

While the typical house in Sorrento costs more than $2 million, plenty of other coastal destinations offer beach lifestyle on a budget.

  • Alexandra Middleton

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55 Foley Road, Tanawha.

The eight best luxury homes for sale right now

From a handcrafted sandstone residence to a bush estate, we’ve looked far and wide across the country to bring you our favourite luxury listings.

  • Kate Farrelly
Life Saving Victoria’s general manager of lifesaving services Liam Krige.

Lifeguards to remain on Geelong beaches, but council slashes funding for charities and arts

Angry library supporters chanted ‘vote them out’ from the public gallery after councillors approved the 2023-24 budget, which they say will lead to reduced library hours.

  • Benjamin Preiss
Simon Gaskill’s body was found in Ocean Grove’s dunes last year, but the coroner couldn’t determine how he died.

‘I’m still completely lost’: Probe into mystery Ocean Grove dune death reopened

The sister of a man whose body was found near a Bellarine Peninsula beach says she is elated Victoria’s coroner has ordered police to re-examine his unexplained death.

  • Lachlan Abbott and Marta Pascual Juanola
Kate Halfpenny with husband Chris, their Groodle Maggie and a local canine friend.

A new man has spiced up our marriage: Our golf coach

Two years into her family’s sea change, Kate Halfpenny is loving her slower life by the coast, even the midweek golf lessons with her hubby and another man.

  • Kate Halfpenny
Ocean Grove is among the pockets of regional Victoria where the median house price is at least $1 million.

Victorian regional hotspots that have joined the million-dollar club

Still dreaming of a sea-change for a better lifestyle and more affordable property? In some coastal pockets, the median house price is higher than in Melbourne.

  • Elizabeth Redman
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City dwellers made a sea-change to Port Macquarie and other popular coastal towns.

Where buyers splashed the most cash on sea changes last year

City dwellers poured cash into coastal property last year and the trend is showing no signs of slowing as Omicron prompts corporate Australia to set up the home office again.

  • Elizabeth Redman
Jack Shaw was bitten by a shark as he saved a friend at Ocean Grove on Monday night.

‘Get it off’: Teen saved friend from shark attack

Jack Shaw, 15, was bitten on his back by a shark as he tried to free a friend from its jaws during a swim at Ocean Grove on Monday night.

  • Ashleigh McMillan
Georgie Stephenson in mid 2016. Soon after she was diagnosed with a recurrence of acute myeloid leukaemia.

Explainer: Concern over cancer cases on the Bellarine Peninsula

Concerns raised by residents on the Bellarine Peninsula about an alarming number of cancer deaths in the area have prompted many questions.

  • Debbie Cuthbertson

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A bit of fine dining ‘wow’ goes a long way in these parts, and Napona strikes the

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