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CFA crews worked for several hours to bring the bushfire under control.

‘Reckless’ campfire led to nightmare blaze for holidaymakers; Thieves steal CFA vehicle in central Victoria

Investigators have pinpointed an unattended campfire as the cause of a bushfire that burned through 14 hectares and forced campers to evacuate in Victoria’s south-west.

  • Cassandra Morgan

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CFA and Forest Fire Management Victoria crews worked from the early hours of Wednesday morning to protect campers in Cape Otway from a bushfire.

Campers escorted out after waking to find themselves stranded by Otways blaze

Firefighters have contained a bushfire which prompted evacuations and left about 100 campers stranded after their escape route was cut off.

  • Angus Delaney and Lachlan Abbott
Wreck Beach Walk, Great Otway National Park.

Two people found dead on walking track near Great Ocean Road

A passerby found the bodies of a man and a woman on a walking track near Wreck Beach. Police later said they were not treating either death as suspicious.

  • Alex Crowe and Lachlan Abbott
The rain radar showing the heavy storms hitting Geelong.

‘Walloped’: A dozen rescued after heavy storm drenches Geelong, parts of Melbourne

There’s been widespread flooding in Geelong and thousands of properties in the area are without power after a severe thunderstorm lashed parts of Victoria

  • Caroline Schelle
After the deluge: The grounds of the Royal Exhibition Building on Tuesday.

Overnight deluge breaks rain records in parts of state

In the past day, one Victorian town recorded more than double its monthly rainfall average. Drivers are being urged to take care on the state’s roads.

  • Rachael Dexter
An unlooked-for path: after clear-fell logging about 100 years ago, Mountain Ash (white trunks), Messmate (rough brown trunks) and Dicksonia antarctica tree ferns abound in the Great Otway National Park.

Getting to the heart of things, deep in the Otways

It was only recently that I finally got to see the Great Otway National Park. It taught me about a friend I’d known my whole life but who I never “knew”.

  • Gareth Andrews
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The large cat Amber Noseda saw in early June.

The hunt for big cats in Australia

Over the past century there have been thousands of reports of big cat sightings in Australia despite the fact no skeletal remains have ever been found.

  • Jewel Topsfield
Artist Allana Beltran protesting against the logging of an old-growth forest in southern Tasmania in 2007. “I was ready to sacrifice myself to this cause,” she said.

Call of the wild: listen up, people, time is running out

Humanity's once-in-a-lifetime chance to save the planet.

  • David Leser
The Otways have a strong koala population.

Great Ocean Road: An exciting new Australian wildlife experience

There is a bright future for Australian wildlife at a new attraction.

  • Julietta Jameson
Driver charged over car crash death of girlfriend's teenage sister

Driver charged over car crash death of girlfriend's teenage sister

Sarah Crimmins will forever be 16, dying in her sister’s arms after a crash in the state’s southwest last year. Now, her sibling's boyfriend has been charged.

  • Erin Pearson

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