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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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Fires in the Grampians.

Grampians fire expected to burn for weeks, as warnings scaled down, residents return

The full extent of the damage is being assessed by authorities, but at least 75,000 hectares has already burnt, causing losses to one home, livestock, fences and sheds. 

  • Angus Delaney, Benjamin Preiss and Caroline Schelle
The bushfire near Grampians National Park earlier this week.

Dangerous fire conditions to continue into the weekend as bushfire rages

Residents near the Grampians National Park have been ordered to take shelter as firefighters battle an out-of-control bushfire threatening their properties.

  • Benjamin Preiss, Cassandra Morgan and Angus Delaney
Firefighters continue to fight a fire burning in the Grampians.

Statewide total fire ban declared as Boxing Day scorcher looms

Tuesday’s mild conditions allowed Halls Gap residents a brief window to return to their homes, but temperatures and wind will soon contribute to extreme fire danger.

  • Angus Delaney
Grampians bushfire burns on Saturday.

Halls Gap evacuated as authorities warn Grampians fire will burn for weeks

An emergency warning to evacuate immediately was also issued for a small town in the Macedon Ranges on Saturday, but was later downgraded.

  • Lachlan Abbott and Ashleigh McMillan
Peter Dunn and his 20 month old daughter Eleanora on the Dunn’s North Blackwood spud farming family farm in Central Victoria. They’ll be part of the Trentham Spudfest, a festival celebrating all things potato.

Goodbye music festivals, hello food festivals? Where to plan your next regional road trip

From community-led harvests, to cheese and bread workshops with Australia’s best, regional food festivals have a lot to offer – and they’re booming. Here’s our pick of five to visit this autumn.

  • Bianca Hrovat
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Firefighters injured as Grampians blaze reaches township

Stawell resident Peter Greenberger said he had spoken to friends from Pomonal on Tuesday evening, and it seemed likely a number of families had lost their homes.

  • Alex Crowe and Lachlan Abbott
The scene of a crash in Berwick, where a woman has died and four others were hospitalised.

Two dead, five hospitalised in separate Victorian car crashes

Two women have died and three children have been taken to hospital following crashes in Berwick and Halls Gap on Saturday.

  • Ashleigh McMillan
Heatherlie Quarry near the Grampians was the source of stone for many of Melbourne's most important buildings.

Heatherlie Quarry: The ugly, abandoned hole that created Melbourne

Melbourne's grandest buildings had much less grand beginnings.

  • Brian Johnston
National Socialist Network members set fire to a cross during a visit to the Grampians National Park at the weekend.

‘We do not need to wait for a Christchurch’: Grampians cross burning spurs call for action

Authorities are being urged to add a right-wing extremist group to the terror list after its members burnt a cross at the foot of the Grampians on the Australia Day weekend.

  • Nick McKenzie and Joel Tozer

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