Ten people have drowned on the state’s beaches since August, including four in the past week, in what lifesavers say is a worrying trend heading into the peak summer season. Surf Life Saving ...

Swimmers have been warned to beware of swarms of bluebottle jellyfish on Queensland's most popular beaches, with 700 people suffering painful stings in just two days. Surf Lifesaving Queensland says ...

Queensland’s summer school holidays are the perfect time to enjoy our world-class beaches, and the refreshed SharkSmart ...

Visitors to beaches in Australia’s Queensland got a nasty surprise over the weekend: hordes of bluebottle jellyfish, which stung more than 3,000 people on the Gold and Sunshine coasts. A whopping ...

In the biggest overhaul of shark safety on Queensland beaches in 60 years, the government will spend $90 million on new nets, drumlines and drone patrols. SEE WHICH BEACHES The move comes after a ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. A hundred years ago, the first tourists on Bribie Island arrived from Brisbane on a 1000-passenger ...

Surf Life Saving Queensland (SLSQ) has extended patrol hours across the state's beaches in response to a concerning increase ...

A spate of incidents in which whales have been snared in Australian shark nets have led activists to once again cry for their removal. In two separate incidents, pairs of whales were spotted off the ...

The move comes after a horror fatal attack on shark-protected Bribie Island in February which claimed the life of teenage lifesaver Charlize Zmuda. It also follows an external review of the program ...