Locals on the Cocos Islands have been tying down loose items in preparation for a category two tropical cyclone that is forecast to pass nearby on Christmas Day. The Bureau of Meteorology said a ...

And while it’s an effort to reach the far-flung paradise that’s closer to Indonesia than mainland Australia, within moments of arriving, I know I’m in for something special. The gorgeous ...

Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands are seeing a surge in Australian visitors since a travel bubble was struck with Western Australia in July. Since then, WA visitors have rushed to the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. One night in 1889, the Phaeton caught fire and drifted across the lagoon of a remote Indian Ocean atoll. “It ...

In 2017, Jennifer Lavers, Ph.D., a research scientist at the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, spent a year cataloging the waste that washed up on the shores of the ...

Bound for Ceylon after an exhausting three-month-long visit to Australia and New Zealand. Britain’s globe-girdling Queen Elizabeth last week stopped to pay a brief call on one of her quietest realms: ...