‘Christmas miracle’: four teens missing off Victoria’s Mornington peninsula found alive on nearby island

Father of one of the teenagers says the family was ‘very desperate’ after group’s belongings were discovered on Rosebud beach on Monday night

Four teenagers have been found alive in what police are calling a “Christmas miracle” after going missing in waters off Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.

Two 18-year-old men and two women aged 18 and 19 were found across the bay on Swan Island off the Bellarine Peninsula about 9am on Tuesday.

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