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Mornington Peninsula Beach Box Owners president Peter Clarke at Dromana beach this week.

‘It got pretty foul’: Stink over seaweed ends cleaning peninsula beaches by hand

Mornington Peninsula councillors said locals preferred groomed beaches, without unsightly and smelly seaweed, and voted to bring back mechanical raking over hand-cleaning of the bay’s beaches.

  • Adam Carey

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The January 14 landslide in McCrae resulted in the evacuation of 19 surrounding properties.

Landslides occurred on McCrae cliff for 70 years, inquiry told

Poor drainage, natural springs, building works and inadequate erosion controls are all being probed as potential culprits in January’s landslide in McCrae.

  • Adam Carey
Liberal MP for Flinders Zoe Mckenzie and teal challenger Ben Smith.

With the Liberals distracted, the teals quietly snuck up in this blue-ribbon seat

It is one of the Liberals’ safest Victorian seats, but suddenly the electorate of Flinders is in play.

  • Kieran Rooney
Beach boxes exposed to the sea at Mount Martha North

Mornington Peninsula council scraps climate emergency plan

In a controversial split vote on Tuesday night, the coastal council decided to ditch its climate emergency declaration and plan, dismaying some residents.

  • Benjamin Preiss
Inside the Barragunda dining room.
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The Mornington Peninsula’s newest two-hatted fine-diner is very fancy – but still a bargain

Barragunda gives critic Besha Rodell hope for the future of dining in Victoria.

  • Besha Rodell
Retro vibes at The keith.

Rescued from decay, motel is now a prime Melbourne beach escape

The Keith accommodates all comers, with a prime location for beach, winery-packed getaways in the Mornington Peninsula.

  • Belinda Jackson
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Sophie Boutopoulos and Elizabeth Stigter live near the Peninsula Hot Springs and are concerned about its expansion.

Neighbours loved the Peninsula Hot Springs, until it got too popular

The Peninsula Hot Springs is embroiled in a VCAT dispute after breaching planning permits, with neighbours claiming the springs have turned from a place of relaxation to a noisy festival site.

  • Cara Waters
Gerry and Bronwyn Borghesi at the bottom of the hill where a landslide destroyed the home below theirs.

‘It’s quite unstable’, says expert of McCrae landslide site once known as Spring Hill

The landslide in McCrae happened in a part of the Mornington Peninsula locals once called Spring Hill, owing to the extensive underwater flows in the area.

  • Adam Carey
The landslide scene on Wednesday.

‘We can’t put our head in the sand’: High-profile local’s urgent plea after landslide

Former Monash Uni chancellor and Australian of the year Simon McKeon lives uphill from the McCrae house destroyed this week. He hopes the landslip finally spurs authorities to act.

  • Adam Carey
February next month marks 10 years since Tamara Dawson was diagnosed with melanoma.

‘Australia’s national cancer’: Melbourne’s melanoma hotspots

Tamara Dawson was just 36 when she was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma. She says there’s still “so much we’re not doing to reduce the burden of disease”.

  • Hannah Hammoud and Broede Carmody

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