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The Latest Breaking News from Port Phillip Bay

The West Gate Bridge disaster looms large over Melbourne. A new play can’t fully capture its grief

Every Melburnian knows the West Gate Bridge, crossing the Yarra River north of its exit to Port Phillip Bay. It looms, it hums, it holds memory, it writhes.

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Gelatinous horde of red stinging jellyfish washes into Melbourne beaches

A ‘massive smack’ of lion’s mane jellyfish has appeared in Port Phillip Bay, but experts say fears of a ‘jellygeddon’ are overblown

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Paddle boarders rescued after being swept more than 10km across Port Phillip Bay in three-hour ordeal

Pair say they were ‘exhausted, very shaken and feel so lucky’ after being spotted by air wing officers late on Christmas Day

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It took just 60 years for red foxes to colonise Australia from Victoria to the Pilbara

To a newly-arrived red fox, the abundant rolling grasslands and swamps of Wadawurrung Country, around what is now called Port Phillip Bay, must have seemed like a predator’s paradise.

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Floating nests and decoys: how fairy terns are being charmed back to Port Phillip Bay

These small seabirds are not faring well along Australia’s south-eastern coastline, but there is hope for their resurgence thanks to some novel tactics

The Guardian - AU

What lies beneath: Melbourne’s often maligned surf has created a growing snorkelling scene

One dedicated Facebook group now has almost 20,000 members, attracted by sea life found just metres from Port Phillip Bay’s shore

The Guardian - AU

Swim warning at dozens of Victorian beaches after rain

More than 30 beaches around Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay have been deemed unsafe for swimming after days of heavy downpours.

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Investigators release images from moment planes crashed over Melbourne’s Port Phillip Bay, resulting in two deaths

Australian Transport Safety Bureau details how aerobatic manoeuvre led to collision that claimed the lives of two men

The Guardian - AU

Swathes of Melbourne could face flooding from rising sea levels, new long-term modelling suggests

Government analysis finds climate change could see a quarter of Port Philip council area facing inundation from a 1.1-metre sea level rise and one-in-100-chance storm

The Guardian - AU

GoPro footage could hold clue to deadly plane crash

Two aircraft were flying in tandem and performing manoeuvres before they collided, causing one to crash near Melbourne, killing two people onboard.

AAP

Men still missing but plane found after mid-air crash

The wreckage of a former military jet that crashed into Victoria's Port Phillip Bay with a pilot and a TV camera operator inside has been found.

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Port Phillip plane crash: Victoria police believe camera operator and pilot were killed after mid-air collision

Stephen Gale and passenger James Rose identified as pair missing after Viper S-211 Marchetti jet crashed into the water

The Guardian - AU

Jet still missing as pilot, camera operator feared dead

A pilot and a TV camera operator were on board a former military aircraft when it collided with another plane and plunged into Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay.

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Ex-military jet plunges into water after mid-air crash

Two people are missing after a former military aircraft crashed at Port Phillip Bay, southeast of Melbourne.

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Rescuers pull two people from water after boat goes up in flames in Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay

Police say the two Melbourne men, aged 61 and 59, jumped from the motor cruiser into the water with life jackets before the boat was engulfed by flames.

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Inside the swim across Port Phillip Bay's most challenging waterway

Everyday athletes are taking on a 4-kilometre swim across the entrance of Port Phillip Bay in Victoria. While the distance might not be daunting for endurance swimmers, the treacherous location is.

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Melbourne shaken by magnitude-2.4 earthquake in Port Phillip Bay

Residents in Frankston, Langwarrin and Cranbourne report feeling the effects of the magnitude-2.4 earthquake that struck at 5:41am.

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Port Phillip Bay shellfish reef project a first step in restoring Australia's underwater kingdoms

Divers in Port Phillip Bay carry live shellfish down to an artificial reef, taking another small step in an ambitious restoration project that is the largest yet undertaken in Australia.

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Moving west

In Melbourne's industrial west, a suburb once dominated by its oil refinery is being transformed as young families and retirees chase the dream of an affordable home by the bay. Some locals fear something precious could be lost along the way.

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'Appalling' chemical spill in Melbourne's west leaves dead wildlife strewn through waterways

Residents in Melbourne's west are devastated about a significant chemical spill that has left dead fish through local waterways and may have made it all the way to Port Phillip Bay.

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Stranded dolphin rescued from Port Phillip Bay

Police used two inflatable rescue boats to help the animal, which became stranded in shallow water and mud at Williamstown on Monday afternoon.

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Melbourne beaches inundated with lion's mane jellyfish after La Niña rains

Experts say higher than normal rainfall could be the reason behind the proliferation of lion's mane jellyfish in Port Phillip Bay this summer.

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