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“Ballara” in Point Lonsdale.

Fight to save $8 million seaside home of Australia’s second prime minister

Alfred Deakin’s seaside estate is being readied for sale as some of his descendants desperately seek funds to stop it being auctioned.

  • Benjamin Preiss and Clay Lucas

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Point Lonsdale Boardriders veterans Rodney Nicholson (left) and Graham Slade.

Surf, swells and a cup of tea: The boardriders making waves 60 years on

Founded during the 1960s surfing craze, the Point Lonsdale Boardriders Club has long been a home away from home for its members.

  • Carolyn Webb
In some parts of regional Victoria, the median house price is north of $1 million.

Making a sea-change to regional Victoria? That’ll be $1 million

Million-dollar houses were once the exclusive domain of blue-chip inner Melbourne, but the number of regional postcodes with a median house price of $1 million or more is on the rise.

  • Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
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
Frankie delivers her newspaper, the Cheer Up Weekly.

Cheer up, the kids have got good news for you

The media is a tough industry to break into, but that hasn't stopped Victoria's youngest journalists from keeping their neighbours informed during the pandemic. 

  • Tom Cowie
Clive Mackinnon at an event to mark The Age's 150th anniversary in 2007.

Former Age photographer Clive Mackinnon dies aged 89

Former Age photographer Clive Mackinnon, whose images of British model Jean Shrimpton at Melbourne's Spring Racing Carnival became world-famous in the 1960s, has died at the age of 89.

  • Debbie Cuthbertson
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Kelp Cafe

With the sea on one side and the hum of coffee machines on the other, Kelp Cafe stands out like a ...

Start at Kelp with local scallops and paw paw salad.

Kelp Cafe

From morning to night, people breeze in for no-fuss, snappy eats.

  • Larissa Dubecki
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14.5/20

Kelp Cafe

Stylish Kelp, with its minimalist beige-grey interior and city-slick vibe, is patrolled by a chic ...

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