Exmouth
More than just a gateway: 10 Australian airport towns worth visiting
Most people who fly into these destinations immediately head to a higher-profile place nearby. Here’s why you should linger a little longer.
- by David Whitley
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Tourism
Cheap seats are back for tourists wanting to fly to WA’s top end
The subsidies can knock between $400 to $500 off a one-way flight, with some of the new cheap fares already advertised.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Environmental protection
It’s time this west coast chart-topper got the fame it deserves
It was 1975. Queen was competing with Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin in the charts. And in WA, a new agency was compiling its own “the best of the best” list.
- by Paul Gamblin
A spine-tingling trip back in time in the home of the world’s biggest shark
The UNESCO World Heritage Ningaloo Coast is a living cultural landscape for traditional owners with ancient treasures to boot.
- by Anabel Dean
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Airline reviews
Airline review: Qantas domestic business class on a new dream route
This flight will make World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef more accessible for those with it on their bucket list.
- by Anabel Dean
Tim Winton’s Ningaloo documentary launches in Exmouth
More than 100 Exmouth locals have gathered for the launch of Tim Winton’s three-part ‘love letter’ documentary Ningaloo Nyinggulu, airing on the ABC on Tuesday.
- by Emma Young
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Literature
Why Tim Winton is happy he never moved to Melbourne
In an exclusive interview, the author tells of 40 years spent helping develop and protect Australian publishing, and where he lives has everything to do with it.
- by Emma Young
‘Feels like a dream’: Total solar eclipse thrills thousands of tourists
Darkness fell across the North West Cape about 11.29am AWST when the moon completely blocked the sun for a minute after temperatures dropped by five degrees suddenly.
- by Aaron Bunch
NASA experts in WA for total eclipse - so what will you be able to see from Perth?
Western Australia is the winner this time, with Thursday’s total solar eclipse best seen from Exmouth. But if you’re in Perth you won’t miss out entirely.
- by Holly Thompson
Day will turn to night during rare solar eclipse and the best place to see it is Exmouth
Tens of thousands of international and interstate eclipse chasers are expected to flock to Exmouth on Thursday when the moon casts a 40 kilometre-wide shadow over the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo reef region.
- by Aaron Bunch
‘Changed forever’: One of the greatest immersive natural wonders is coming to Exmouth
Two ‘eclipse chasers’ will join thousands of others flocking to Exmouth in Western Australia’s north this week to witness a total solar eclipse. Exmouth will have the best view in the world.
- by Holly Thompson
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