
Rowers leave from WA on Indian Ocean world record bid with whisky, fishing gear
Two British doctors have left Western Australia on a bid to set a new world record for crossing the Indian Ocean, despite...

Chinese crew detained after boat seized
AFP said foreign vessel intercepted off the coast near Geraldton was suspicious.

Russell Crowe buys rights to grisly maritime tale
Actor could turn novel about the 1629 Batavia shipwreck into a film.

Wallabies with unique DNA found in remote WA
A pair of elusive wallabies living in a remote gorge in Western Australia have extremely unique genetics, studies reveal.

Ancient crystals reveal life ‘older than first thought’
Multi-billion-year-old zircon crystals were found at Jack Hills, about 600km north-east of Perth.

New grave adds to tale of mutiny and revenge
Secrets from one of the nation's most horrific maritime mass murders have been unearthed on a tiny island off Western Australia's coast.