Mandurah, Australia News

18mm. ISO800. f3.5. 1/60 sec. Handheld. Natural colours.] Today in Australia, it is Australia day: A day in which we Australians throw parties with barbecues and temporary tattoos of the Australian flag.

Warnings have been issued for people to stay safe amid the storm that is sweeping through Perth and the coast from Lancelin to Mandurah as lightning hit its fourth victim today.

Update, 9.30am: Two people have been struck by lightning south of Perth this morning, as the city braces for a severe thunderstorm sweeping north.

Police said the accident happened about 9.45am on the Old Coast Road and Harris Road in Myalup, about 44km north of Bunbury.The injured people were trapped inside the vehicle and have since been taken to the Peel Health Campus in Mandurah.

Australians hit by a year of natural disasters and economic uncertainty will be invited to dream of the future when the harbour city hosts the world's largest New Year's Eve fireworks display.