Rottnest Island
Opinion
Perth
Moody, magical – and quiet: Why summer isn’t the best time to visit Perth’s favourite holiday island
There is something extraordinarily beautiful about the dramatic landscape, rocky cliffs and translucent waters of Rotto in winter.
- by Brendan Foster
Latest
Rottnest Island perfect backdrop for global skydive world record attempt
About 50 tandem skydivers in Western Australia have taken part in the inaugural World Skydiving Day world record attempt.
- by Claire Ottaviano
Drone dives deep to uncover ocean secrets in Rottnest’s ship graveyard
A gigantic shipwreck twice the size of a blue whale has been found just off the coast of Western Australia.
- by Sarah Brookes
Female records tumble at Port to Pub Rottnest swim
Three female records have been broken in the annual Euroz Hartleys Port to Pub Rottnest swim, which saw more than 1500 people cross the 19.7-kilometre stretch from Leighton Beach on Saturday.
- by Heather McNeill and Jesinta Burton
Not an option: Rottnest swim organisers reject calls for key change to iconic event
The calls follow Saturday’s event being abandoned for the first time in the iconic swim’s 34-year history due to dangerous weather conditions.
- by Heather McNeill
Rottnest Channel Swim abandoned due to dangerous weather
Swimmers were pulled from the water about 10am after organisers received advice it was unsafe for participants to continue.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Crime
Rottnest identity Peter Minekus walks free after sentencing over child sex offences
Minekus, a well-known employee at the island’s general store, was given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to two assaults against a child in the 1980s.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Opinion
Australia
Lord, Howe this island has taken a very different path to Rottnest
WA’s premier island getaway could take a leaf out of Lord Howe’s book whose commitment to maintaining a pristine, world heritage listed paradise includes limiting the number of visitors to 400 at any one time.
- by Sarah Brookes
The Reporter podcast: The Head in the Bag
This week on The Reporter podcast, Gary Adshead tells Michael Thomson how an ordinary walk with the dog led to a tip-off about the identity of a dismembered body.
From racing to Rottnest: Piecing together the full story of Perth’s severed head
A gifted child and a charming man, Stephen Cookson could have had it all. Instead, he sank deep into the underworld, where one day he got everything he deserved.
- by Gary Adshead
Construction company fined $600,000 over Rottnest building collapse
Firm Construction was fined in Perth Magistrates Court on Monday over the incident which left workers with chemicals burns, fractures and lacerations.
- by Holly Thompson
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