South or north? Australia’s capital of culture is split in two by the Yarra River. Picking a side is a serious choice — one ...

Harry and Meghan have joined an ancient Aboriginal walking tour in Melbourne, tracing 60,000 years of Indigenous culture ...

Cooling off with a swim in the river is a popular summer pastime in Australia, particularly for people who live a long distance from the beach. But urban waterways often have poor water quality, and ...

IT flows through the heart of our city but our iconic Yarra River could be in danger thanks to overdevelopment, a water expert has warned. The Andrews Government is introducing new planning controls ...

The plan would include $950,000 to install rubbish traps to snare trash that would otherwise enter Port Phillip Bay. A further $50,000 would be given to boost programs designed to teach young ...

TWO more private riverfront jetties have been approved in Toorak despite a pending State Government review of Yarra River planning controls. The Simonds family last week won approval to build a ...

The unit and townhouse project, on the banks of the Yarra River, replaces offices and warehouses in the up-and-coming ...

Waterway pools have been gaining popularity around the world. From New York City’s proposed floating + POOL to river pools already built in Zurich, Berlin, and Paris, people are working around the ...

Author Harry Saddler’s book on Melbourne’s Yarra River is an engaging account of his years exploring its native species and human communities. He acknowledges the river’s First Nations name of ...

Swinburne University has released its study into the plan for a swimmable Yarra River, finding “complicated” governance was not only delaying grand plans to reopen the river for a splash, but making ...

The attraction that sent thrillseekers zipping over the Yarra River will close this week — but operators have revealed what’s next. More than 11,300 people will have flown across the river by the time ...