Buses and trains from the center of Perth, the biggest city in the state of Western Australia, bring sun seekers to this fabulous urban getaway. "Great beach for a swim," writes a commenter on Google.

Misery Beach is in a remote location 400 kilometers (nearly 250 miles) south of WA’s capital, Perth, near the pretty oceanside center of Albany. This town of 38,000 people is so isolated it has ...

Garth Griffiths, who lives near the beach, told the ABC that 20 to 30 people were at the site of the object at any time. “It was a great social evening,” Mr. Griffiths said.