The healing continues in the shadow of fallen police One year after a deadly ambush at a remote property claimed the lives of two police officers, a region remains scarred but is slowly healing. AAP · Aug 28
'This is the training race … but it doesn't mean that I'm not going to go all out' – Brodie Chapman chases intensity at Tour of Bright ahead of key January goals in Australia Australian time trial champion adapts to schedule change with additional race Cycling News · Dec 5, 2025
‘We’ve got no tourists’: small businesses caught up in Australia’s largest manhunt struggle as aid announced Victorian government pledges up to $2.5m to help visitor economy in alpine region as search for alleged Porepunkah killer Dezi Freeman continues The Guardian - AU · Sep 15, 2025
A small Victorian tourist town of 2,600 people has 100 properties for sale. What’s going on in Bright? With few homes for rent and a chef living in a van, the Alpine shire town is described as an ‘extreme version’ of Australia’s housing crisis The Guardian - AU · Dec 15, 2024
Tour of Bright - Solo and a sprint settle stage 3 on ‘greatest mountain in the world' while Plapp, Anderson seal GC Jack Ward seals rising star status with Men's A win in Mt Buffalo finale and local mountain biker Kathryn McInerney steals show in Women's A Cycling News · Dec 1, 2024
Finding the window to flourish – Luke Plapp comes home to take on the world 'I still think Ineos was the best place for me to start ... it was just the right time now to make that switch to Jayco' says 22 year old Australian Cycling News · Dec 19, 2023
‘A bit of an eye-opener’ – First WorldTour season ticked off for Cameron Scott Bahrain Victorious rider cranks up training for Tour Down Under at Tour of Bright Cycling News · Dec 6, 2023
Strava records, a resurgent Gigante and Plapp, and a 17-year-old winner - Tour of Bright A stage win and boasting rights for the WorldTour pro riders. but Eddie Willis, 17, and Katelyn Nicholson also shine on two-stage opening day Cycling News · Dec 2, 2023
Fears tourists 'will stop coming' after massive housing development approved for Bright Could a massive new housing development fix Bright's chronic housing shortage? Or will it just put extra pressure on struggling infrastructure with an abundance of new holiday homes? ABC News · Jul 7, 2022