Thursday’s hybrid solar eclipse will last for 62 seconds. But for a small town in rural northwest Australia, the effects could linger on for a lifetime. That’s the hope for Exmouth and the ...

Stargazing there, under what might be the best night sky on the planet, made me feel like I was seeing the universe properly for the first time. Tucked away on Western Australia’s North West Cape, ...

More than 20,000 people gathered in Exmouth in Western Australia for the best view of the rare solar eclipse Kirsty Hatcher is an Associate Editor on the People.com Morning Team. She has been ...

Tens of thousands descended on a tiny town in Western Australia, ... And yet for Exmouth, a town of 3,000 people, the event was the celestial gift that no one asked for. Image.

But for a small town in rural northwest Australia, the effects could linger on for a lifetime. Thursday's hybrid solar eclipse will last for 62 seconds.

The path of totality will graze the tip of Western Australia in a 40-kilometre wide track near Exmouth and become the most accessible land-based place on Earth to view the 62 second spectacle.

Just a 1.5-hour drive from Exmouth, Coral Bay ranked as Australia’s second most popular winter road trip destination, claiming more than five per cent of bookings.

It is not the first time this year Exmouth has been crowned one of the best towns in Australia. At the seventh Wotif’s Town of the Year awards in February, Exmouth was named the ninth-best town ...