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Reg Harris Reserve – once a rubbish tip, now a tranquil space.

I left my small, overlooked suburb. But there’s a reason I came back

It’s played host to marathons, notorious ghosts and generations of family history - it’s no wonder this unpretentious pocket of Melbourne keeps drawing its residents back home.

  • Liz Anderson

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Traffic has been slowed across parts of Melbourne as fog settle across the city, including Kensington in the north-west.

Thick fog lifts over Melbourne, but flights, traffic still delayed

The heavy fog that blanketed Melbourne and parts of Victoria is beginning to lift at Melbourne Airport, where dozens of flights were cancelled due to poor visibility.

  • Alex Crowe
Neighbourhoods such as Maribyrnong have passed a $1 million median house price.

The Melbourne suburbs that joined the $1 million club

Almost a third of Victorian suburbs now have a median house price of more than $1 million, and 11 middle- and outer-suburbs joined the club last year as the property market boomed.

  • Elizabeth Redman