A large-scale search involving police and rescue helicopters is underway after a hiker disappeared in bushland off NSW’s rugged south coast. Christopher Karmadonoff, 22, was last seen entering bushland off Back Creek Rd at Nethercote, west of Eden, about 10.30am on Saturday. Police, along with the SES and Westpac LifesaverContinue Reading
A 5.0 Magnitude earthquake has left residents of a Victorian tourist hotspot shaken up — and caused damage close to the centre of Melbourne. The quake struck near Colac and Apollo Bay on the Great Ocean Road just after 2am on Sunday morning with people as far away as MelbourneContinue Reading
Two men have been dramatically rescued from fast moving flood waters in Victoria’s north after they were spotted clinging to the back of their vehicle. The duo, from New South Wales, were travelling along O’Farrell Rd near Miepoll about 10.20pm on Friday night when their car became bogged. The men,Continue Reading
Communities in the potential path of what is now a category 1 tropical cyclone are evacuating as the storm heads closer to land. A tropical low, moving off Australia’s northwest coast, intensified to become Tropical Cyclone Ilsa on Tuesday afternoon. An update from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) and theContinue Reading
The body of a man has been pulled from the water in South Australia. A member of the public reported seeing the body off Taylorville Rd, in the Riverland region, about 2.15pm on Sunday, prompting emergency services and police to attend. “Police responded with the assistance of CFS and SESContinue Reading