The Geelong visitor economy is struggling to bounce back without Melbourne travellers, despite welcoming regional Victorians for the September school holidays.

Young upsizers and older downsizers are snapping up low maintenance houses and ideal inner west lifestyle Annandale has on offer.

A 3m saltie has wandered into the community of Gunbalanya and caused a scene trying to scamper underneath fences and into people’s yards.

Volunteers running a community dinner were disheartened to find themselves hit with six parking tickets near The Gabba on an event day.

Hazard-reduction burns will increase dramatically as part of a plan that will also double the investment in bushfire resilience, the State Government will announce today.

Check signage; Exercise caution. Traffic lights at the intersection will be switched to flashing yellow; alternating (stop/slow) traffic conditions will be in place. Advice: Reduced speed limit. Allow extra travel time;

A complete redesign by BKH’s lead architect Iain Halliday of the apartment makes it an enviable listing inside the prestigious Astor.

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Brighton Grammar old boy David Russell, the billionaire founder of the Singapore-based Equis private equity group, along with wife Elena, bought the mansion for about $20 million in an off-market deal in 2018.