Winner Announcement!

All winners please email your contact details to ourcoastalfuture@portphillip.vic.gov.au so we can arrange the delivery of your awards.

Please note: By entering the competition, all submitted photos may be used for display, archive, publicity, and promotional purposes by the City of Port Phillip.

Overall Winner - Alan

The Port Melbourne Icebergs swimmers loving the sunrise over St Kilda!

Professional Winner - Paul

The Port Melbourne Beacon

Amateur Winner - Susan

Crazy winds create very high tide at Elwood Beach by Susan

Youth Winner - George

Birds by the Bay

Children Winner - Maximus

The Ocean's Gates

Important update Our Coastal Future photographic competition judging

Dear Participants of the Our Coastal Future Photographic Competition,

We are writing to provide an update regarding the judging process for the competition.

It has come to our attention that the "likes" tracking system, while intended to be shared and engage the community, has limitations. Unfortunately, there is the potential for the number of ‘likes’ or votes to be altered by using multiple browsers or incognito mode.

We understand this could lead to an unfair representation of the community's true preferences. We have raised this issue with our website developers to explore potential improvements and prevent duplicate likes in future competitions.

Therefore, to ensure a fair and impartial outcome, the overall winner and category winners will be determined by a panel of independent judges in the coming weeks. This panel will consist of experienced photographers and experts in coastal management.

We apologise for any inconvenience or disappointment this change may cause. We appreciate your understanding and continued participation in the Our Coastal Future.

We hope to notify you of the winners soon.

Thank you for your patience and support.

Sincerely,

The Our Coastal Future Photographic Competition Team.

We are calling all photographers to enter a photo of what the City of Port Phillip's Foreshore means to you!

Want to win $200 to spend in the City of Port Phillip? Enter our photography contest now! Show off your skills and capture the beauty of our city coastline (Port Melbourne, South Melbourne, Albert Park, Middle Park, St Kilda West, St Kilda & Elwood). Professional, amateur, youth, and children's categories.

Whether you call City of Port Phillip home, visit often, or work near the water, we want to hear from you.

Show us your coastal love: Upload photos that capture what "Our City Coastline" or "Our Coastal Future" means to you. Add a sentence to explain your pic!

The winning photo in each category (Professional, Amateur, Youth, and Children) will receive a $200 gift voucher to spend at a shop in the City of Port Phillip.

Photos can be submitted under four categories, which are - Professional, Amateur, Youth and Children

• The ‘Youth’ category is open to photographers who are aged between 12 and 18 years at the time they submit their entry.
• The ‘Children’ category is open to photographers who are aged between 0 and 12 years at the time they submit their entry.

Entrants are permitted to submit any number of entries to categories for which they are eligible. View photos below that have already been submitted.

Please note: By submitting your photo, you agree to the Terms and Conditions of Entry Consent Form. Submitted photos may be used for display, archive, publicity and/or promotional purposes. Photos of the coastline outside of the City of Port Phillip area will be hidden, to avoid confusion.

Entries must be submitted by Monday 31 March 2025.