Emma Siossian

3 days ago | abc.net.au | Emma Siossian |Justin Huntsdale |Anthony Scully

Just off the coast of Cronulla is an exposed rocky outcrop known as Shark Island, famous for its dangerous, barrelling waves that thunder over an extremely shallow ledge. The southern Sydney break is home to the Shark Island Challenge, an invitational bodyboarding competition that pushes the world's best to their limits. The event, which started in 1997, was relaunched last year after a six-year break as part of efforts to rejuvenate the sport in Australia.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Rachel Holdsworth |Emma Siossian

Farmers and home owners on the Mid North Coast unable to afford skyrocketing insurance premiums are beginning to clean up their properties. Insurers say a record number of weather events and claims along with rising inflation have caused a increased the cost of insurance. They are calling on governments to invest in a "flood-defence fund" for levees, house raising, waterproofing and buybacks.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Brigitte Murphy |Emma Siossian |Wiriya Sati

Surrounded by pitch-black, swampy floodwaters and using a makeshift bamboo raft, a rescue crew pulled off an extraordinary feat. Late on Friday evening the team of five Fire and Rescue in-water technicians responded to a call from an isolated farm near Kempsey on the New South Wales mid-north coast. The crew paddled their rescue boat 2 kilometres to reach 62-year-old Troy Irwin and his 52-year-old partner Mirasol Page, whose property had been cut off for three days.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Emma Siossian |Isla Evans |Chloe Chomicki

The close knit North Shore community is accessed from Port Macquarie by car ferries which were stopped for five days. Tradespeople and volunteers have arrived to help with the clean-up and to restore power. The two car ferries started servicing the region again on Sunday afternoon. Having lived in Port Macquarie's North Shore for more than 40 years, Carla McKern knows isolation well. During times of flood though, that isolation goes to a new level.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Emma Siossian

On remote Lord Howe Island, historical eras have been largely defined not by leaders or monarchs but modes of transport, which provide a critical connection to mainland Australia. The island's transport eras have spanned from 1834 when the first island settlers used whaling boats, to the romanticised post-World War II flying boat era, through to the past three decades when Qantas has served the island community.