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It's not often seen by humans. But video clearly shows the large arachnid, which is "potentially as dangero...

A team of hikers have been filmed dashing past a raging wall of water — once a serene waterfall in the Blue...

Animal prints spotted by six Blue Mountains trekkers have reignited a debate on whether big cats roam the region. Members of the #lostmtns trekking group found tracks on April 12 and 13 during a seven-day hike in very remote parts of the Yerranderrie region west of Sydney. The hikers believe the tracks were from a wild cat species derived from the offspring of feral and wild cats released into the bush in the 1940s and 50s.  A 2003 inquiry into the existence of big cats in NSW found evidence for their existence was inconclusive but 'unlikely'.  Paw prints (pictured) spotted by a group of ...

"I can hear you". Those are the first words firefighter Stephen Hirst heard as Stuart Diver called for help among the rubble of the Thredbo landslide. Eighteen people lost their lives after a landslip carrying about 1000 tonnes of liquefied earth and debris swept away two ski lodges in NSW's Kosciuszko National Park on July 30, 1997. Mr Diver, a 27-year-old ski instructor, was the lone survivor. READ MORE: Rescuers carry Stuart Diver from the site of the Thredbo landslide.(Nine/ Rick Stevens) More than 20 years later the disaster still haunts Mr Hirst, who is now Acting Assistant Commissioner...