Best road trips:Australia's 10 most unforgettable highways

Best road trips:Australia's 10 most unforgettable highways

Long and monster-sealed;these are Australia's most dramatic feats of road engineering.

  • byBrian Johnston

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Six hidden highlights of Perth most visitors miss

Six hidden highlights of Perth most visitors miss

You’ve seen Kings Park,made a splash at Cottesloe Beach and got your selfie with a quokka;now it’s time to see what else there is to do.

  • byJulia D'Orazio
20 things that will surprise first-time visitors to Perth

20 things that will surprise first-time visitors to Perth

The best beaches of any Australian city,a fascinating history and abundant wildlife are just some of the surprises in store.

  • byDavid Whitley
The best places to stay in Perth

The best places to stay in Perth

From riverside retreats to eerie prison stays,these 12 hotels provide memorable pillow talk.

  • byJulia D'Orazio
The best times to visit Perth

The best times to visit Perth

Perth,a sleepy city? Hardly. The west coast capital has upped the ante with festivals across all seasons.

  • byJulia D'Orazio
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New direct flights to home of the world’s biggest shark take off

New direct flights to home of the world’s biggest shark take off

In the waters beyond Ningaloo Reef,a shark is circling. More than seven metres in length,it’s larger than any great white.

  • byAndrew Bain
Rosie’s Deli isn’t haute cuisine - it’s the real deal

Rosie’s Deli isn’t haute cuisine - it’s the real deal

Rosie’s Deli is not so much a restaurant as dinner at a mate’s place. And what a dinner it is.

  • byRob Broadfield
States baulk at storing radioactive waste from nuclear submarines

States baulk at storing radioactive waste from nuclear submarines

Victoria,Queensland and South Australia all signalled they would resist the opening of nuclear waste facilities within their borders to handle spent fuel rods from submarines acquired under the AUKUS pact.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Expedition cruise from the Kimberley to Komodo Island:Crocodiles and dragons

Expedition cruise from the Kimberley to Komodo Island:Crocodiles and dragons

These meat-eating monsters that can smell meat from four kilometres are beautiful,dangerous and totally compelling.

  • byHelen Pitt
Lithium batteries are in hot demand. Can miner Pilbara keep on trucking?

Lithium batteries are in hot demand. Can miner Pilbara keep on trucking?

Lithium,the soft,silvery-white metal at the heart of the clean energy shift,is in hot demand these days. But the companies mining it have endured a tumultuous few years.

  • byNick Toscano