Is it still worth owning a holiday home on the Mornington Peninsula?

Is it still worth owning a holiday home on the Mornington Peninsula?

Property prices have come off the boil,but the cost of owning a second home has skyrocketed,with increased land tax driving up costs.

  • byAlexandra Middleton

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Mornington Peninsula suburbs that soared most over the past five years

Mornington Peninsula suburbs that soared most over the past five years

Buyers are paying huge prices for property in beachside hotspots that cost much less before the pandemic hit.

  • byAlexandra Middleton
The end point of the Mornington Peninsula is both beautiful and creepy

The end point of the Mornington Peninsula is both beautiful and creepy

For first-time campers,Point Nepean Discovery Tents,on raised timber platforms with camp stretchers,provide a soft introduction to camping.

  • byCatherine Best
This community club took extreme measures to kill off its pokies

This community club took extreme measures to kill off its pokies

The Hastings Club was slowly going broke and couldn’t get out of its pokies contracts,so it had to go into liquidation.

  • byStephen Brook
‘Licence for an accident’:Mornington Peninsula pushes for speed limits to be slashed

‘Licence for an accident’:Mornington Peninsula pushes for speed limits to be slashed

More than 50 roads could have their limits lowered – some by as much as 50km/h – as the shire aims to take control from the state government on the issue.

  • byAdam Carey
In her grief,she forgot to collect her father’s ashes. So she made a film about it

In her grief,she forgot to collect her father’s ashes. So she made a film about it

Actor Georgina Haig was always late,and it drove her dad nuts. But he had the last laugh,and inspired her first film as director – and now it’s up for an award.

  • byKarl Quinn
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Pilot wanted better filming angle before deadly midair collision

Pilot wanted better filming angle before deadly midair collision

Daring midair acrobatics were being filmed when two ex-military jets collided above Port Phillip Bay,sending one plane on a high-speed nosedive into the water and killing two on board.

  • byAlex Crowe
The Good Food guide to eating and drinking in Dromana

The Good Food guide to eating and drinking in Dromana

The Mornington Peninsula town has wineries and beachside cafes aplenty. But some of its best eating and drinking is found in an industrial estate.

  • byMichael Harden andGood Food Guide reviewers
The coastal spots near Melbourne where property is picking up

The coastal spots near Melbourne where property is picking up

Holiday home buyers and sea-changers who were priced out during the boom a couple of years ago are taking another look.

  • byMelissa Heagney-Bayliss
Want a day at the beach on the Mornington Peninsula this summer? It will cost you to park there

Want a day at the beach on the Mornington Peninsula this summer? It will cost you to park there

The council is rolling out paid parking across three foreshore car parks to increase revenue as tourist numbers grow.

  • byNajma Sambul
The great Daniel Andrews golfing hoo-hah:a case of inter-course envy?
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The great Daniel Andrews golfing hoo-hah:a case of inter-course envy?

A golf club revolt to settle a pandemic score,or a matter of Mornington Peninsula conservatives in seething disbelief at Daniel Andrews’ political success?

  • byTony Wright