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Members of this unofficial club are obsessed with catching a fish so elusive that it’s known as the silver ghost

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 Birrarung, writing with a boyish enthusiasm. At times I felt his emotion jumping out of the pages, almost channelling David…

Thousands of people have lined the banks of Melbourne's Yarra River to watch Sydney Swans and Geelong Cats players float down for the AFL grand final parade.

This river is definitely more solid than liquid.

Projects such as the transformation of the Yarra and the next stage of the Queen Victoria Market renewal are factored into the city's draft budget.

Environmental researchers find millions of pieces of polystyrene waste are flowing into the Yarra every year, even though lots of polystyrene products can be recycled.

Climate change, pollution and overdevelopment threaten Melbourne’s most iconic river – now the waters have a passionate new advocate.

—Me name’s Miles; Ellen Miles, remarked an old woman at the City Court yesterday. —And you are charged with vagrancy, stated Sergeant Eason. Can you show the Bench that you have means of support? —'How can I support myself when I’m continually in gaol and not a shilling coming into…

From ritual morning coffees to sunset cocktails with the Melbourne skyline as your backdrop. Here’s why Yarra’s Edge is a dining precinct worth discovering