Sydney's famous New Year's Eve fireworks bid farewell tonight to the year that was, a 2005 marked by achievement, hope, cheer and some unhappy days along some Sydney beaches. But fireworks ... Read More

Wild Oats XI has been confirmed by the Rolex Sydney Hobart Media Team as handicap winner of the 2005 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. This makes Wild Oats XI the ... Read More

Bob Oatley's 30-metre (98-foot) New South Wales maxi Wild Oats XI skippered by Mark Richards has broken the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race record set by Nokia in 1999. Wild ... Read More

All night it has been a case of follow the leader as Wild Oats XI kept drawing away from the rest of the fleet in the 2005 Rolex Sydney to ... Read More

By 6am, December 27, Wild Oats XI had retaken the lead in the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race with Alfa Romeo close behind and Skandia third. The race leaders ... Read More

Neville Crichton's Alfa Romeo had a slim lead from Bob Oatley's Wild Oats XI in mid-afternoon as the two biggest canting keel maxis duelled for position in this year's Rolex ... Read More

With the starting gun fired at 1.20pm, Boxing Day, the 628-nautical-mile Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race was on. Leading out of Sydney Harbour were the maxi yachts Wild Oats ... Read More

Kylie: An Exhibition has opened at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum on Darling Harbour. More than 30 costumes and designers have come together for a behind-the-scenes look at one of Australia's best ... Read More

It's Boxing Day and it's the start of the arduous Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Organisers say an uncharacteristically benign weather forecast promises a fast Sydney to Hobart this ... Read More

It's Carols by Candlelight time in Melbourne and a crowd of more than 30,000 is expected at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl for tonight's event which reaches more than 2 ... Read More

Extremely hot and dry weather conditions are hitting Australia in the lead-up to Christmas Day with a number of bushfires reported and fire bans imposed in several states. In contrast, ... Read More

It was reported today that a fleet of 85 boats, from 98-foot maxis to little more than a 30-foot dinghy, would contest the sea classic which starts in Sydney ... Read More

Forget about dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh. It's never a white Christmas in Australia where Christmas Day occurs in the first month of the southern summer. ... Read More

New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma today urged the public to return to the state's beaches after a massive police deployment over the weekend resulted in only isolated cases of ... Read More

The exhibition Bondi: A Biography opens today at the Museum of Sydney depicting the colorful history of this beachside suburb in what could be described as an age of innocence ... Read More

A celebrity Christmas Carols Concert scheduled for tonight, December 18, at Sydney's Coogee Beach has been cancelled in the face of fears of race-related violence.Race riots force carols cancellation - ... Read More

Australia's top children's entertainers, The Wiggles, join well-known Australian singers and performers in Carols in The Domain in Sydney tonight. If going by public transport, take the train to St ... Read More

In an unprecedented move, New South Wales police have asked people to refrain this weekend from going to Sydney's southern and eastern suburbs beaches as well as beaches in the ... Read More

Sydney's new orbital tollway, the Westlink M7, opens in stages throughout today and should be fully open to traffic by tonight. Use of the new tollway, part of the Sydney ... Read More

New York Iranian artist Shirin Neshat presents a powerful video installation at the Art Gallery of New South Wales from today until January 29. Neshat's two-screen video installation, Tooba, 2002, ... Read More

If all goes to plan, the Sydney Visitor Centre at The Rocks will now be located on Level 1 of The Rocks Centre, Argyle and Playfair Sts, in Sydney's historic ... Read More

Sydney's reputation has received a massive battering with riots and violent attacks in some of Sydney's most popular beachside suburbs. So is Sydney safe to visit? Gangs rampage in city streets ... Read More

For the second night in a row, violence has erupted in the Sydney beachside suburbs of Cronulla and Brighton le Sands. A number of people, said to be of Middle ... Read More

Previews begin tonight at Sydney's Wharf 1 Theatre, Walsh Bay, for the Andrew Upton adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard. Opening night is scheduled for December 17. The Wharf ... Read More

An uneasy peace has settled on several southern Sydney beachside suburbs after rioting and vandalism yesterday hit not only Cronulla but also Maroubra and Brighton le Sands. Both the Federal ... Read More

It's one of my favorite Sydney beaches, with its long arc of golden sand from North Cronulla through Elouera and Wanda beaches. Today, according to the Weekend Australian, some 5000 ... Read More

The Auckland Domain is tonight's setting for Christmas in the Park with a line-up of singers performing from 7.45pm — and fireworks to climax tonight's outdoor celebration. Entry to the ... Read More

On Sunday, December 4, two voluntary surf lifesavers at Sydney's North Cronulla Beach were attacked by a number of young men, resulting in the arrest of an 18-year-old on December ... Read More

Australia's top children's entertainers, The Wiggles, return to their own theme park, Wiggles World at Dreamworld, in a parade tomorrow, December 8, at 10am. Opened in September, Wiggles World on ... Read More

Line honors winner last year in the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Nicorette is set to contest the 2005 sea classic as AAPT 2. AAPT owner Sean Langman has ... Read More

The tuatara, one of New Zealand's oldest inhabitants, is a reptile which was in existence at the time of the dinosaurs. Except for a few tuatara in zoos and protected ... Read More

Children's entertainers The Wiggles were yesterday named overall winners at the Australian Export Awards for building a global business and earning more than A$45 million during the year. The Wiggles ... Read More