Sunday, May 26th, 2013

WA

  • Ride down Freo's memory lane

    If a casino had been built next to Fremantle train station and the Esplanade Hotel had been replaced by a multistorey steel tower, for better or for worse, it would have changed the face of Fremantle.

    May 24, 2013, 6:01 am

  • Australia a perennial favourite with UK travellers

    Readers of a luxury travel magazine in Britain have voted Australia the “best country in the world”.

    May 22, 2013, 8:05 am

  • Caring for wildlife

    Consider volunteering for your next holiday.

    April 23, 2013, 10:19 am

  • Listen with the land

    There's something sacred, primal even, that can be found in the fusion of music, people and place.

    April 22, 2013, 2:38 pm

  • Boom and room for WA hotels

    City hotel are enjoying near capacity occupancy rates but their country cousins are struggling, according to the latest statistics.

    April 8, 2013, 1:08 pm

  • Top trail opens to the world

    With the completion of the final section, the Munda Biddi Trail is now the world's longest off-road cycle track and is set to attract riders from near and far.

    April 8, 2013, 9:37 am

  • Film likely to draw wave of SW tourists

    Tourism operators around Margaret River should brace themselves for a wave of visitors after the release of WA surf drama Drift.

    March 24, 2013, 10:49 am

  • Lure of the red outback

    The Dampier Peninsula, the outback in Broome's backyard, is not just a place - it's an adventure.

    March 22, 2013, 9:49 am

  • Albany is happily surprising

    The historic South Coast town flourishes with a vibrant art and food scene.

    March 18, 2013, 9:00 am

  • Broome is hot for shots

    The Kimberley town was the most photographed location in the 5000 entries in Tourism WA's 1001 Extraordinary Experiences competition.

    March 15, 2013, 7:15 am

  • Hotel's history illuminated

    West Australia's rich history is combined with a slice of European chic at the Terrace Hotel.

    March 8, 2013, 11:51 am

  • Big characters in the red dirt

    Meet some of the characters whose passion and enthusiasm light up Broome.

    March 4, 2013, 10:05 am

  • Swept away by the big wet

    Rain is hammering on the roof and the frogs are calling. It is 3am, and I have been lying in bed listening to this symphony of the Kimberley's wet season. The pulsing white-noise of rain on tin, now lighter, now heavier and heavier; the chainsaw and motorbike and rhythmically croaking frogs, and the violent percussion of occasional thunder.

    February 22, 2013, 9:46 am

  • The road more travelled

    There can be no doubt that the Gibb River Road is the best-known of WA's serious outback trails.

    February 19, 2013, 9:16 am

  • Rotto winter campaign a winner

    Rottnest has secured WA's only success at Australia's prestigious annual tourism awards night, earning a top gong for its marketing campaign to attract visitors to the island during winter.

    February 17, 2013, 10:45 am

  • Time and tide on red coast

    As the tide recedes, there is a tinkling sound, a little like broken glass being poured down a pipe. Like a rain-maker, tipped from one diagonal to the other. (Sssshhh.)

    February 11, 2013, 9:00 am

  • Jumping into a great adventure

    The roar of the wind is deafening as the door of the small plane slides open. I'm about to jump out of a perfectly good aircraft 14,000 feet (4268m) over Jurien Bay. I look across to my daughter who bravely volunteered to go first; she flashes a smile, gives the thumbs up and then she and skydive instructor Chris Garcia plummet out of sight towards the spectacular coast below.

    February 4, 2013, 9:00 am

  • Perth's special underwater sanctuary

    "I reckon it's probably one of the most special places in Perth," Department of Environment and Conservation marine ranger Sean Emmett said as he looked towards the Shoalwater Islands.

    January 30, 2013, 7:42 am

  • A city of many riches

    Gold, golf and much more in Kalgoorlie

    January 28, 2013, 9:05 am

  • Bombers hidden in the desert

    Remains of one of the best-kept secrets of Australian involvement in World War II can still be seen in the Pilbara.

    January 21, 2013, 10:46 am
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