For years, a controversial invader has been gradually taking over Australia's beloved beaches. Swallowing up the sand, ...

"They look pretty cool with all the different colours," he said. "There's more [cabanas] than there is sand in some of the ...

It began on social media, when locals at Safety Beach on the Mornington Peninsula, south of Melbourne, began debating the use ...

Swallowing up the sand, blocking ocean views and turning the shore into an irksome maze, is a sea of large beach tents, called cabanas in Australia. "It's chockers [crowded]. They're all over the ...

Australians are split over use of portable cabanas to reserve prime spots on the beach – a debate that taps into ...

He is affiliated with Surf Life Saving Australia and Surf Life Saving NSW. Debate erupted this week over the growing number ...

A local council has been forced to ban people from securing public beachside huts with glad wrap, in a new trend that has ...

What’s the point?” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also weighed in on the issue, saying it “wasn’t on” to set up your cabana ...

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One argued, "people are the issue not cabanas." "I can see a law [being] drafted soon," said a user on X. One joked, "Because there are no bigger problems in Australia than Beach Etiquette." ...

If you have been on a Perth beach this summer, you will have seen one of these and it’s a topic that’s even got Albo hot ...