A brutal icy blast is continuing to stretch across parts of Australia as the first week of winter proves to be far chillier ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from North West Coast. Followed categories ... s family and friends at this difficult time.” Surf Life Saving Tasmania lifesaving services senior coordinator ...

Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service ... Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones “The environmental conditions, the surf out there on the exposed west coast, is certainly taking its toll on the animals.” ...

The mysterious West Coast has always been associated with rough country, wilderness and mining. In Tasmania’s early history, it also served as the location of an early convict settlement.

LOS ANGELES — Powerful surf rolled onto beaches on the West Coast and Hawaii on Thursday as a big swell generated by the stormy Pacific Ocean pushed toward shorelines, causing localized flooding.