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Knowing where and when to swim is the best defence against these beach hazards. Rip currents are Australia’s number one beach hazard The safest place to swim is at a patrolled beach between the ...

or Penrith Beach, has been a welcome relief to the city’s sweltering western suburbs. By Victoria Kim Reporting from Penrith, Australia Kristine Carroll plopped herself down in the only shade on ...

Freshwater beach is often said to be its starting place, with ‘The Duke’ of Hawaii, a famous Olympian swimmer and world surfer, riding the waves there in 1915.

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.