The Latest Breaking News from Port Phillip Bay

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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