Benjamin Preiss

The impact of the drought is now spreading beyond farms and leaving its mark on community sport.

Residents of this coastal community voted to keep their dirt roads. Now the council has a new plan to impose levies for their road and drainage upgrades.

Residents of this coastal community voted to keep their dirt roads. Now the council has a new plan to impose levies for their road and drainage upgrades.

The creative arts are flourishing in regional Victoria, and this weekend a new arts precinct opens in the shadows of the Grampians National Park.

This should be one of the most attractive development opportunities on the Victorian coastline. Why is it so hard to develop the site?

This should be one of the most attractive development opportunities on the Victorian coastline. Why is it so hard to develop the site?

Should a helicopter be allowed to land near a sensitive marine environment? Residents said no. A tribunal disagreed.

Should a helicopter be allowed to land near a sensitive marine environment? Residents said no. A tribunal disagreed.

Councils say they are too expensive to be restored. But residents insist it is worth fighting and paying for these heritage structures.

Looming collapses of the limestone stacks and access closures at other sites have called into question the prospect of charging tourists to visit the Great Ocean Road icon.