Tourism on the Australian island went up 15 percent last year, bringing in funds to go toward research and preservation for the island's 12,000 quokkas Tourists don't have to work hard to score a ...

Rottnest Island is 19 square kilometers of paradise. With a population of 300 people and no cars, the slow, laid-back pace here is relaxing. The island’s silk sand beaches and turquoise bays provide ...

Rottnest Island, or Wadjemup, is famous for its beautiful beaches and cuddly quokkas. However, the isle has a dark history, and for 93 years was a prison for Aboriginal men and boys.

Rottnest Island, an Australian tourist destination, is being converted into a quarantine zone for 800 cruise passengers during the covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report from Australia’s public ...

In a word, Western Australia is stunning, with beautiful beaches along the Indian Ocean, national parks full of breathtaking, otherworldly landscapes and a wide range of wildlife, including one ...

Perth's iconic Rottnest Channel Swim has been cancelled as forecast strong winds and unfavourable ocean conditions leaves ...

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 ...

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 ...

As thousands of people prepare to tackle Western Australia's iconic Rottnest Island Swim, rough weather is threatening to grind it to a halt just 48 hours before it begins.

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 ...