Five-point plan,not drumlines,to stop shark attacks in Cid Harbour

Five-point plan,not drumlines,to stop shark attacks in Cid Harbour

The Queensland government has announced its plan to protect visitors to the Whitsundays after three shark attacks,including one fatal mauling,in Cid Harbour.

  • byFelicity Caldwell

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Doctor friends tried to save paddleboarder savaged by shark

Doctor friends tried to save paddleboarder savaged by shark

The Victorian man fatally mauled while sharing a paddleboard with a female friend was on the first day of a five-day cruise in the Whitsundays.

  • byToby Crockford&Lucy Stone
Chinese father,son drowning a'tragic accident'with lagoon to reopen

Chinese father,son drowning a'tragic accident'with lagoon to reopen

Whitsundays mayor Andrew Willcox said the lagoon would reopen on Tuesday and CCTV footage had been given to police.

  • byToby Crockford
Queensland couple find Chinese sailor who wrote love letter in a bottle

Queensland couple find Chinese sailor who wrote love letter in a bottle

With 1.4 billion people in China,the chance of finding the letter writer was remote,but social media came to the rescue.

  • byToby Crockford
Breakthrough in cold case killing of Airlie Beach mother-of-three

Breakthrough in cold case killing of Airlie Beach mother-of-three

Dorothy Britton was killed in an"an act of extreme violence"decades ago and now a South Australian relative faces a murder charge.

  • byToby Crockford
"Kicking up a lot of dust":Outback Car Trek reaches end of the road

"Kicking up a lot of dust":Outback Car Trek reaches end of the road

Baked dirt roads,bumps and bugs - it's all in a day's work for drivers in the Royal Flying Doctors Service Outback Car Trek.

  • bySarah Muller
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Coronial inquest into British backpacker drowning handed down

Coronial inquest into British backpacker drowning handed down

Bethany Emily Farrell drowned while scuba diving at Blue Pearl Bay after she became separated from her dive group in February 2015.

  • byAmy Mitchell-Whittington
Why Australia's best beach is still a mystery

Why Australia's best beach is still a mystery

It's rated the best beach in Australia and the fifth best in the world,but scientists can't explain it.

  • byCraig Platt
Summer is coming:Australia's best beach towns

Summer is coming:Australia's best beach towns

With summer just around the corner,Ute Junker leaves no grain of sand unturned in her guide to the best beach towns on Australia's east coast.

Mirage Whitsundays,Airlie Beach,review:Coral Sea luxury

Mirage Whitsundays,Airlie Beach,review:Coral Sea luxury

At the northern end of Airlie Beach,Mirage Whitsundays offers commanding views of the Coral Sea and Whitsunday Islands.

  • bySheriden Rhodes
Heart Reef,Great Barrier Reef,Whitsundays:Australia's proposal capital

Heart Reef,Great Barrier Reef,Whitsundays:Australia's proposal capital

If you're looking for a place in Australia to pop the question,it's hard to go past here.

  • byKate Cox