Mambourin was designed as a beacon of liveability, but is now forgotten. In a series, The Age explores why Melbourne’s west is Australia’s fastest-growing region and what’s holding it back.

Towering above a graffiti-covered timber fence and a grim, boarded-up house is a natural “landmark” a small Aussie community ...

Photographing birds is both challenging and rewarding. For starters, they like to move around a lot. What's more, birds aren't always in the most convenient of locations—out on a lake, high up in a ...

For many New Zealanders, the Australian magpie is a familiar, if sometimes vexing, sight. Introduced from Australia in the ...

The owner of a multimillion two-storey mansion in one of Melbourne’s most prestigious suburbs says it was a “hell of a shock” to watch the home be destroyed by a “raging inferno.” ...

The owner of a multimillion two-storey mansion in one of Melbourne’s most prestigious suburbs says it was a “hell of a shock” to watch the home be destroyed by a “raging inferno.” ...

A car is being stolen from Melbourne’s inner city suburbs every five hours, with the CBD’s bustling streets and iconic laneways becoming a major hotspot for opportunistic crooks.

Notably, more than one in four unit resales that made a loss occurred in just four areas; Melbourne, Parramatta, Port Phillip, and Stonnington. The median loss was $44,000.

Do you want to live in the bustling cosmopolitan dream of Melbourne’s Hawthorn, or the riverside splendour of Brisbane’s ...