(ABC News: Sophie Kesteven) The coastal view at Era in Sydney's Royal National Park.(ABC News: Sophie Kesteven) 'Shacky' is the nickname given to members of Australia's coastal beach shack ...

Around 2,000 Olympic swimming pools worth of sand is estimated to be gone – 80% of Gold Coast’s beaches, according to city ...

Just another day at the beach turned out to be anything but at Surfers Paradise Beach in Queensland, Australia. Late Saturday, Tropical Cyclone Alfred made landfall near Brisbane, Australia.

Life's a beach in Australia – unless you want some shade, that is. Sunseekers down under are up in arms over the rising numbers of beach tents, known as cabanas, popping up on their sandy shores.

With pristine waters, wide open beaches and orange lichen-covered rocky foreshores backed onto estuaries and lakes providing a green backdrop, an island beach has stolen the show as Australia's ...

Marine experts have given up hope of rescuing more than 150 false killer whales that stranded on a remote beach on Australia's island state of Tasmania, officials said on Wednesday. Experts ...

The dolphins or false killer whales were found on an isolated beach in northwest Tasmania. About 136 are alive, but authorities say it will be a challenge to refloat them. More than 150 dolphins ...