Police are searching for 46-year-old woman who was attacked while swimming at night at remote Australian beach.

Just after we rolled back the clocks and settled again into the dark evenings and, in my opinion, the depressing half of the year, I amused myself with one of those silly online quizzes.

It's an unsettling feeling, eating a steak bigger than your face while a bull charges towards the slightly flimsy looking fence you're supposedly protected by.

If you like sea turtles and snorkelling, islands and adventures, and sipping a gin and tonic as the water laps gently around you then bareboating in the Whitsundays could be for you.

Fitzroy Island is a cliche of a tropical paradise - pretty as a postcard. First impressions are of lofty palm trees, golden-tan sand and a blue, blue sea.

Deep in the Australian Outback, many people drive to Winton.

There are swathes of blackened trunks and spindly ghosts of trees, killed when the sap boiled from the heat of bushfires.

Fraser Island this month started welcoming mid-sized cruise ships as part of what local authorities say is a major tourism coup.

Tackling the Great Beach Drive proves easier than expected, finds Andrew Louis.

Corazon Miller visits Fraser Island, a World Heritage Site that's been crowned the world's largest sand island.

I may have been slightly judgmental when I turned up for a standup paddleboarding lesson and discovered my instructor was a teenager.

Brisbane is the perfect place to test out the togs-undies theory.

Sharing a tiny slice of the Great Barrier Reef with just a few others overnight is a special experience, writes Shandelle Battersby.

A wildlife sanctuary on a plateau above Cairns teems with a colourful array of warblers, waders and raptors.

Beaches on the Gold Coast were off limits and many on the Sunshine Coast could remain closed as cyclone Winston whips up huge waves and strong currents.

It's not all up, up and away in a hot air balloon, discovers Shandelle Battersby.

A 20-year-old New Zealander's life was "cut short in a terrible car accident" in Queensland.

Wander, linger, look out - just some of the reasons Pamela Wade feels free as a bird taking the overnight train from Brisbane.

An unexpected visitor sends Ewan McDonald scurrying for his life.

If smashing plates or eating seafood is your bag, Megan Singleton finds fun for you.

It's easy to find yourself smiling at a baby saltwater crocodile, discovers Caris Bizzaca, from well behind the fence.

A giant sinkhole at a Queensland camping spot is now relatively stable and may have actually been a landslide, a geotechnical engineer says.

A camper at a popular beach on Queensland's Sunshine Coast has described the terrifying speed with which a sinkhole swallowed a car, caravan and camping trailer.

Earthquake tremors have been reported in Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

A friendly Aussie convinces Eveline Harvey to try out his local, and she likes the vibe.

Lauren Quaintance enjoys a luxurious minibreak on Queensland's Hayman Island.