FLYING FISH COVE, Australia ... The picture, posed to Facebook by the Christmas Island Tourism Association, shows visitor Mark Pierrot showing off the massive coconut crab, or robber crab ...

CHRISTMAS Island's little harbour ... boat with 44 Tamil men from Sri Lanka sat moored to a buoy just off Flying Fish Cove. Next to it floated a similar craft that had brought another 98 Tamil ...

live in Flying Fish Cove, the capital city and main port town where much of the action happens. “The Cove is the heart of the community on Christmas Island. People launch boats or swim off to ...

At Flying Fish Cove, the main bay ... has continued to keep boat people off the mainland. Everyone picked up in Australian waters is taken to Christmas Island. It's an expensive sop: the main ...

CHRISTMAS ISLAND'S little harbour, Flying Fish Cove, was churned by barges ... Tamil men from Sri Lanka sat moored to a buoy just off the cove. Next to it, a similar craft that had brought 98 ...

Surrounding the jagged limestone cliffs of Christmas Island is an aquatic utopia ... Mark Rochfort has navigated open sea off Flying Fish Cove. His company Shorefire has operated since 1994 ...

Oil from a stricken cargo ship has again started washing up at Christmas Island's Flying Fish Cove. The MV Tycoon broke its moorings in high seas on January 8 and smashed into rocks at the port.

A world away from the snow and ice that is usually associated with its name, Christmas Island is an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean, located approximately 190 nautical miles ...

Island locals first noticed the boat about 6am this morning Christmas Island time anchored about 200 metres off Flying Fish Cove. The cove is the island’s main port and is where the jetty is ...

It may be time to take down the Christmas tree, but that tree could ... to six weeks before they sink completely. If you want to drop off your tree, remove all the decorations before bringing ...

FLYING FISH COVE, Australia, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Officials with Australia's Christmas Island National Park said millions of red crabs have overrun the island for their annual mating migration.