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Jenny Tate and her husband bought an apartment in Safety Beach after falling in love with the area during Covid lockdowns.

Melbourne suburbs where property values doubled fastest – and slowest

We often hear that property prices double every decade. But some neighbourhoods have taken nine years, and others 37.

  • Caroline Zielinski

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‘A snap, then a rumble’: Earthquake rocks Mornington Peninsula

The largest earthquake to shake the coastal locale since the 1990s woke hundreds of locals in the early hours of Thursday morning.

  • Angus Delaney
This is one of many pools spread across the grounds of Alba Thermal Springs & Spa, including geothermal ones and cold-water plunge pools.

Popular Melbourne hot springs transforms from day spa to stay spa

First look at the new accommodation offering at Alba Thermal Springs on the Mornington Peninsula.

  • Jane Reddy
The Byron shire is home to a higher share of Airbnb properties than the national average.

The coastal towns with the most homes listed on Airbnb

Some of Australia’s most sought-after coastal towns have twice as many Airbnbs as average, and one beach hotspot has 10 times as many.

  • Elizabeth Redman
The cliff in McCrae experienced four landslides between November 2022 and January 2025.

Mornington Peninsula in belated push to protect homes from landslides

A coastal council whose management of landslide risk has come under the microscope is moving to add new planning controls in areas prone to erosion.

  • Adam Carey
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