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Swimming and other recreational activities are prohibited at Mundaring Weir.

Take the plunge? Push to open WA drinking water catchment for recreation

Kayaks and swimmers in public drinking water supply? Other states do it, so why don’t we?

  • Claire Ottaviano

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Ditching the rivalry

For trans-Tasman goodwill.

On Bali, the velocity of change can be bewildering.

I’ve been visiting Bali for 31 years – it has become worse every year

In three decades, the destination has been transformed from a tropical paradise into a centre of mass tourism.

  • Ryan Ver Berkmoes
Joseph Moran wears the medals from every major marathon he has won.

Joseph has run every major marathon in the world. But he’s been rejected from his home city’s

The Sydney Marathon received eight times the amount of international applicants from the year before, but with overwhelming interest, some locals have missed out.

  • Frances Howe
Edward Whisson was the skipper of the Falls Express that crashed into rocks at Horizontal Falls in May 2022.

Horizontal Falls skipper, boat company fined over horrific crash

Edward Whisson was the master of Falls Express, a tour boat with 25 passengers on board in May 2022, when it hit rocks at the popular tourist destination. On Thursday he and the company he worked for were fined over the incident.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Relax by the private pool.

Up to $147,000 a night: Inside the world’s most expensive hotel rooms

A glimpse inside 10 of the most extravagant suites around the world, from London, Paris and New York to Monaco and Marrakesh.

  • Brian Johnston
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A ranger photographed the juvenile dingo eating the fish on the beach.

Two-year-old bitten in second dingo attack in two days

The attack was the second such incident of the Australia Day long weekend, and follows the biting of a young child last week.

  • Suzanne Simonot
The Story Bridge Adventure Climb is now operating from the northern side of the river.

Story Bridge climb jumps the river, landing at Howard Smith Wharves

The Story Bridge Adventure Climb has switched sides – it’s now a northsider.

  • Marissa Calligeros
Twelve people were seriously injured when a tour boat crashed into rocks at Horizontal Falls in 2022.

‘I thought I was going to die’: Horrific Horizontal Falls crash footage played in court

Twenty-five passengers were on board the Falls Express when it crashed into a cliff face in May 2022.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
A scene from Sex and the City.

After 20 years of fans, the owner of Carrie Bradshaw’s apartment has had enough

The owner of the building exterior featured in Sex and the City has filed a motion to install a gate over the iconic brownstone steps.

  • Lauren Ironmonger

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