Firefighters have been battling an emergency-level fire in the Shire of Dandaragan in Western Australia, 163 kilometres north of Perth. On Tuesday evening the emergency alert extended inland to Indian Ocean Drive and north to Bibby Road, including Nambung National Park. An Advice alert was in place for people in the area bounded by Hill River Nature Reserve to the …
The mysterious metal cylinder that washed up on an Australian beach two weeks ago is likely debris from an expended third stage of a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, the Australian Space Agency confirmed on Monday, “PSLV is a medium-lift launch vehicle operated by ISRO “We have concluded the object located on a beach near Jurien Bay in Western Australia is …
A luxury boat heading to the Kimberley to take tourists on thousand-dollar tours off northern Western Australia has run aground off the coast. Key points: MV Diversity II struck a reef on its way up to Broome earlier this month The extent of the damage isn't remains unknown The Australian Maritime Safety Authority is investigating MV Diversity II, a 12-passenger …
Shack life and crayfish defined four villages 220 kilometres north of Perth for more than five decades. When lobster fishermen Ian Boyd arrived in Jurien Bay with his family in 1965 "there was no bitumen roads, no power, no water, there was just two rows of shacks". "One year — 1966, I think — we had 108 boats moored off …
