Holidaymakers and hospitality businesses will take the easing of lockdown restrictions with a grain of salt after strict conditions were imposed including on those travelling to the regions.
WA tourism operators face financial hits on two fronts after the state’s border was closed to most of Australia and holidaymakers from Perth and Peel cancelled school holiday trips.
Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found in Margaret River on Monday morning.
A new guard of winemakers are turning the tide on tradition in the Margaret River wine region. Meet five of the best.
The competition shapes as the greatest exhibition of new freestyle surfing in a WSL professional event,with Brazilian world champions Gabriel Medina and Italo Ferreira ushering a new style of surfing that has the sport alight.
The South West tourism sector is enduring a two-speed recovery from COVID-19,as tourists from Perth flock to hotels and watering holes but hold back from spending on tours and attractions.
A strip of land between the surfing meccas of Gracetown and Prevelly in Western Australia’s South West is set to be renamed ‘Yebble’ after a Noongar hero.
Everything has an origin story,and good wine starts in the vineyard. As wineries move to minimalist techniques to craft better ones,the end product has never been more reflective of the origin.
Like other small tourism businesses across WA,Exmouth whale shark swim tour operator Sonia Beckwith has been battling to keep her business afloat for 12 months. She has a strong message for the state and federal governments:“do your job and help us”.
The loss of Queensland and Victorian legs of the World Surf Tour are Western Australia and New South Wale’s gain with new one-off events rounding out the surfing schedule.
Authorities believe the species responsible for the bite could be a wobbegong,the common name given to carpet sharks.