The beloved Yarra River is the centrepiece of Melbourne, dividing the north from the south, and flowing 242 kilometres from its source in the Yarra Ranges National Park all the way to Port Phillip ...

Melbourne's iconic Yarra River could soon be renamed to take on its official Aboriginal name. The river, which runs for 11km through the heart of the Victorian capital, is known as the Birrarung ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It may be brown, murky and much maligned, but the Yarra River has been shortlisted for an international rivers award. The Yarra is ...

The famously brown Yarra River is the focus of renewed efforts to restore its health and protect its future. The Victorian Government is considering more than 100 community submissions to an ...

Melburnians have a complicated relationship with the Yarra River, or the Birrarung as it is traditionally known. It is often derided for being brown — although this is because of soil ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Yarra River might be the life of Melbourne CBD, but it is also a dangerous place with 14 people reported drowned since 2002 ...

A concept for a pool on the banks of the Yarra River. The group last year pushed to revive the historic Race to Princes Bridge, a swim competition that ran from the early 1900s to the 1960s ...

The mysteriously murky Yarra River could very well be your new local swimming haunt if the Yarra Swim Co plans go ahead. Under the $6 million proposal, released on Thursday night as part of ...

Every Melburnian knows the Yarra River doesn’t have the best reputation when it comes to cleanliness. You wouldn’t drink from it and you certainly wouldn’t jump in it after winning the 1992 ...