Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A teenage boy has been hailed a hero after he swam about four kilometres (about two nautical miles) to alert authorities to his ...

At this point, it's not clear how the boaters became stranded or what their conditions are.

The full triple-zero phone call a Perth teenager made to save his stranded family after swimming four kilometres and running another two has been released. Austin Appelbee, 13, gained hero status ...