Kimbra and Gotye head to the 2013 Grammys, where their hit duet 'Somebody I Used to Know' won three awards including 'Record of the Year' (Mother and Father PR)
Grassfires threaten homes in new housing estates on Melbourne's northern outskirts. (0437 774 774: SMS)
Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu in the 774 studios for the last time before he resigns his leadership and Denis Napthine takes over (ABC Local: Simon Leo Brown)
Roof-sitting anti-McDonalds protester Shane Anderson talks to the ABC's Prue Bentley. Activists attempt to block construction of a McDonalds outlet in the leafy Melbourne hills suburb of Tecoma. (ABC Local: Simon Leo Brown)
A wall collapses onto a footpath in Carlton, killing two people. (: Supplied: Jonathan Lian)
Family of Jill Meagher speak outside court after her killer Adrian Bayley enters a guilty plea. (: ABC News: Hamish Fitzsimmons)
Bombers coach James Hird spends much of the year dealing with intense media interest in his role in and eventual suspension over the Essendon supplements scandal. (: Getty Images: Michael Dodge)
Then Opposition climate spokesperson Greg Hunt and Greens MP Adam Bandt join Jon Faine at Federation Square during the Federal Election campaign. Bandt is re-elected to his seat, while Hunt becomes Environment Minister in the newly-elected Abbott Government (ABC Local: Simon Leo Brown)
Police and protestors clash at a drill site for the East West Link in Carlton. The new road has been dogged by controversy since the State Governement announced it was going ahead with the $6 billion project. (ABC Local: Gus Goswell)
Trainer Gai Waterhouse wins her first Melbourne Cup with Fiorente, ridden by Damien Oliver, but is then charged over race-day treatment of her other Cup runners Dunaden and Tres Blue. (: Getty Images: Quinn Rooney)
After weeks of speculation, Julia Gillard is replaced as Prime Minister by Kevin Rudd. Within months the former PM has left Melbourne for Adelaide and her Altona home is put up for sale. (: ABC News)
The Department of Public Prosecutions drops all charges against independent Frankston MP Geoff Shaw. (: ABC TV News)
Darryn Lyons, former paparazzo and UK Celebrity Big Brother contestant, is elected as mayor of the Geelong. (: ABC TV News)
Asian Elephant Dokkoon gives birth to her second calf at Melbourne Zoo, just days after the death of 11-month-old elephant calf Sanook shook the zoo community. (: Supplied: Zoos Victoria)
Melbourne in 2013 has certainly not been without controversy.
The year saw leadership changes in both state and federal politics and a fiercely fought federal election.
Frankston MP Geoff Shaw was constantly in the headlines, leaving the Parliamentary Liberal Party in March, being charged with misuse of taxpayer funds in September (charges were later dropped), scuffling with a taxi driver on Parliament House steps in October and publicly attacking Speaker Ken Smith in November.
James Hird found himself at the centre of the Essendon doping scandal, and was eventually slapped with a 12-month ban by the AFL over his role in the peptides affair.
There were positive moments too.
The year started with local-boy-made-good Gotye winning three Grammys for his worldwide smash hit 'Somebody I Used to Know'.
Gai Waterhouse finally secured that elusive Melbourne Cup with Fiorente, ridden by Damien Oliver.
Melbourne Zoo celebrated the birth of a new elephant calf, days after 11-month-old Sanook died while playing with a suspended tyre in his enclosure.
Here we present images from some of the biggest stories of the year in Melbourne and Geelong.
Look farther afield to see the year in review for Ballarat, Gippsland and Bendigo, or take a global view with ABC News.
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