Lauren Smith

A member of the public found the package which was wrapped in plastic and covered in shells and barnacles.

Take a climb up a peak in the early hours of the morning and you might be able to see a huge wave of white fog streaming down a cliff face. What causes these "cloud waterfalls" and how do you catch them?

As another school year begins, the ABC speaks to 10 recent high school graduates from all over country Australia about their hopes, dreams and fears for the future. 

A warmer, drier climate could mean more salt lakes in Western Australia will turn pink, but less rainfall could also dry up some lakes entirely.

Jodi Johnson took a year off her State Emergency Service role after a beloved bloodhound companion disappeared. The pain is still raw, but a talented new dog is helping her move on.

Bright yellow flowers on an ancient tree have been a warning sign of impending bushfires for thousands of years, Aboriginal people on the WA south coast say, and it comes with fireys already fatigued from fighting big blazes.

A WA Country Health Service review finds no clinical concerns over the work of Dr George Campbell du Toit.

Farmers in the state's south are facing delays and significant losses after heavy rain and hail hammered their properties this week.

It's been 56 years since Australia voted for constitutional change for First Nations people. Elders from Western Australia hope for a similar result in the Voice to Parliament referendum.

"You actually feel the roar inside you." That's how Albany-raised Collingwood ruckman Darcy Cameron describes playing finals footy at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Pruned and trimmed for hundreds of years by the region's Menang traditional owners, these unique marri trees provide a critical source of water.

Meet the man who caught one of the largest sharks ever hooked.

A probe into a bushfire, which tore through 18,000 hectares of farms and bushland in WA's Wheatbelt region, has led to legal action against Western Power.

An eco-cultural effort in southern WA depicting giant Indigenous totems of native animals is helping bring the landscape back to life.

After five years and millions of dollars spent on consultation, community leaders say the government's backflip has left them deeply disheartened.

A powerful earthquake strikes near Gnowangerup, about 150 kilometres north of Albany — one of the biggest in years to hit the state.

Alan Charles Jones walks free from court in Albany despite being convicted of sexually abusing a boy 40 years ago.

A man who told police "I've got to confess, I did molest him" after being confronted by his victim says he made payments over the years because he didn't want his name out in the open.

Though the outcome was heartbreaking, more than 200 people left work, skipped school and braved freezing conditions to try and save 97 beached pilot whales.

Veterinarians have euthanised pilot whales that re-stranded on a beach in southern Western Australia, despite painstaking attempts to herd them out to deeper water. 

Dozens of pilot whales massed near Cheynes Beach, east of Albany, are becoming stranded on the shore.

An abuse survivor has called for Katanning Residential College, where one of of Australia's worst paedophiles preyed on dozens of boys, to be demolished.

Unstable weather off southern WA could see huge swells pounding the coast from Augusta to Albany today.

Regional West Australians say flight delays and cancellations are putting their health at risk as Rex Airlines continues to struggle to provide reliable services.

Albany's motor race is one of only two left in the country where cars can hurtle around the streets.