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Dean Edgell and his dog Daisy cool off at Port Melbourne beach 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

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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
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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
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.

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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
James Price Point

Notes from a big island

Traveller asked five Australian novelists to write about the one spot in Australia that has most informed their writings.

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