Sunbaking at Melbourne’s St Kilda Beach is an Australian pastime. Credit: Joe Armao Don’t get me wrong – I love the water. So much so that swimming is my preferred form of exercise.

A new kind of real estate war is breaking out on Australia’s famous shorelines, with a debate over the fairness of staking a ...

An Australian beach, which is often described as relatively quiet and peaceful, was anything but on Australia Day, prompting a heated debate online. Aldinga Beach, a spot about an hour out from ...

Tests on the "mysterious balls" which led to the closure of several Australian beaches last week have revealed they were made up partially of faecal bacteria. Nine beaches in Sydney were closed by ...