Jeremy and Patricia Connor have publicly thanked those who rushed to help after the one-year anniversary of the crash.

Australia is famous for animals that don't exist in the wild anywhere else on Earth, including a creature called the quokka. The rare animals — located on Rottnest Island near Australia's west coast ...

From school trips to poolside suites, a new lodge is upping the luxury credentials of the West Coast’s beloved holiday island ...

Two survivors of the tragic Rottnest seaplane crash have spoken of their journey one year on from the incident, unveiling a ...

In the late 17th century, Dutch explorer William de Vlamingh saw this sunny island's hordes of quokkas (think small kangaroos) and thought they were rats, so he named the island, Rotte nest, literally ...

Rottnest Express has unveiled a new campaign celebrating Rottnest Island and encouraging locals and visitors to explore the iconic destination this summer. The announcement: Rottnest Express has ...

Two years ago, Roger Federer journeyed his way to Rottnest Island just outside of Perth, and history was made. He interacted with a special marsupial species only native to the island, the quokka. His ...

in brief The authority which oversees Rottnest Island, near Fremantle in Western Australia, has advertised for a new chief information officer, allocating a salary of up to $88,131. Rottnest Island is ...

The Dutch explorer who stumbled upon Rottnest in 1696 named it after what he believed was a community of rats living on the island. Actually, the furry creatures he saw were quokkas—rare and adorable ...