Cyclone Yasi, a category 5 storm, slams Australia. The storm made land on the coast near Mission Beach between Innisfail and Cardwell, 1500km north of Brisbane at approximately midnight on February 3, 2011. Authorities evacuated 75,000 residents and scrambled to rescue those in the wake of tsunami...
Ever since the term 'subliminal advertising' was coined in the 1950s, the idea of ads with hidden messages that can influence us without our conscious knowledge has captivated the popular imagination. If adverts can steer us toward a particular product through surreptitiously placed words or images...
The Tenterfield Terrier was developed in Australia from crossing the Standard Fox Terrier with the Manchester Black and Tan. Later on, the Whippet was also combined into the gene pool. Although it is believed to have originated in England, it was fully developed as a breed in Australia and cannot...
The Australian Aborigines are known as the first people to have dwelt in the vast continent of Australia. The word Aborigines refers to people who are the first or the earliest known populations that inhabited the land. It was believed that the Australian Aborigines came from the Southeast Asia...
Australia supplies 50% of the world's legal poppy from which we derive morphine and other opium based narcotic medications. Well all of that is being put at risk by stoned higher than a kite wallabies who are eating the poppy and creating crop circles. No doubt we should check these wallabies into...
Massive rainstorms wreak havoc on Melbourne, Australia causing power outages, train disruptions, and rained out sports events Saturday. This is the worst weather the Australia's second most populated city has seen in over 38 years. The Bureau of Meteorology predicts more rain to fall before the...
Supermodel Miranda Kerr and her husband Orlando Bloom have reportedly become parents and welcomed a healthy, 4.5 kg baby boy per reports from a friend of the family and Miranda's grandmother, Ann Kerr. Though the couple have not officially released a statement regarding the baby's birth, a source...
Australia is a land of deadly creatures that seem to take obscene joy in killing you — and not just Queenslanders hunting down anyone who's brown. No, the entire ecosystem seems specifically designed to kill, what with the horrible desert, deadly animals, annoying insects, and constant worry of...
Whitney Houston disappointed fans with her Monday night performance at a concert in Brisbane, Australia. People who attended Houston's concert are still furious in the wake of the show that was slated to spotlight the singer's return to music. Concertgoers report that Houston was "breathless,...
Twenty two year old Sebastian Vettel has qualified his Red Bull Renault on the pole position for tomorrow's F1 Grand Prix of Australia. This is Vettel's second pole of the 2010 season, and the seventh one of the young German driver's career. Red Bull Renault teammate Mark Weber, an Australian...
