From the mosh pit, to the 'G' to the Royal Melbourne Show: A young cattleman's journey
Daniel Porter wrote his first business plan as a 14-year-old - in order to establish a small stud cattle operation with his parents' financial backing.
Daniel Porter wrote his first business plan as a 14-year-old - in order to establish a small stud cattle operation with his parents' financial backing.
'This is what keeps you going', says farmer Colin Falls of the 'magic' canola crop he's grown thanks to a wet autumn and winter.
Water is gushing through the Hume Dam spillway gates for the first time in six years, in another major sign of the soggy conditions now affecting south eastern Australia.
You can avoid hearing the traditional springtime tock-tock-tock of an attacking magpie thanks to the environment department's interactive 2016 Victorian Magpie Map.
Size matters, it seems, in the Australian bush. At least when it comes to the antlers of wild deer stags.
We know them today as busy inner-Melbourne suburbs where houses can sell for more than $2 million. But back in the 1800s places such as Hawthorn and Balwyn were home to some of Victoria's first apple orchards.
The Melbourne-Geelong train trip would be cut from an hour to 35 minutes and a new "fast line" would be built to link the CBD with Melbourne Airport, under an ambitious 25 year plan calling for major investment in Victoria's regional rail system.
The vast majority of western Victoria - including parts of the Otway Ranges, the Wombat Forest and the Brisbane Ranges - faces an above normal bushfire threat for the remainder of 2016.
Premier Daniel Andrews has strongly and tearfully rejected claims he made a nasty remark towards a former Liberal MP diagnosed with cancer.
When she heads out of the office for a work meeting, Els Viester often chooses two wheels over four.
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