For more than three decades Mummenschanz has toured the world, crossing cultures and languages without using a spoken word, music or scenery — only masks and body, light and shadows. ... Read More

World No 1 and Australian Open first seed Roger Federer (Switzerland) overpowered unseeded "wonderboy" Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) who had caught the imagination of the public by defeating higher-ranked players and ... Read More

Australia saluted the dawning of the Chinese New Year today with festivities in Chinese and Southeast Asian communities throughout Australia. In Sydney, the celebrations have been going into high gear ... Read More

For the second time in a row, women's No 3 seed Amelie Mauresmo (France) went on to win a major tennis match, this time the women's singles championship final ... Read More

The film The Last Samurai starring Tom Cruise brought into sharp focus the countryside where much of the movie was shot, not in Japan which is the story's setting but ... Read More

For the first time in Grand Slam history, Chinese tennis players have made it to the women's doubles final, and won. It is China's first-ever Grand Slam title. In the ... Read More

Unseeded player Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) is through to the men's singles finals after a five-set battle with No 4 seed David Nalbandian (Argentina). From being down two sets, Baghdatis powered ... Read More

Australia's national day, Australia Day, is celebrated today, January 26, on a day commemorating the landing at Sydney Cove in 1788 by English Captain Arthur Phillip and the founding of ... Read More

A marathon five-setter lasting four hours and 48 minutes, including angry words from both sides of the net and a racket-throwing incident, saw men's No 21 seed Nicolas Kiefer (Germany) ... Read More

Most visitors to New Zealand enter the country through its biggest international airport at Auckland. The city itself, almost totally hemmed in by water, certainly deserves its name as the ... Read More

Unseeded player Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) defeated No 7 seed Ivan Ljubicic (Croatia), 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, in the quarter-finals in a Day 9 five-setter that finished after ... Read More

Women's No 1 seed Lindsay Davenport (USA) lost to No 8 seed Justine Henin-Hardenne (Belgium), 6-2, 2-6, 3-6, in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Day 9 at Melbourne ... Read More

World No 1 and Australian Open No 1 seed Roger Federer (Switzerland) defeated unseeded Tommy Haas (Germany), 6-4, 6-0, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2, in the fourth round of the Australian Open ... Read More

It's interesting how many free Sydney attractions are available for residents and visitors alike. Did you know, for instance, that you can cross Sydney Harbour Bridge on foot and find ... Read More

Women's No 2 seed and US Open champion Kim Clijsters (Belgium) defeated No 15 seed Francesca Schiavone (Italy), 7-6, 6-4, in the fourth round on Day 8 of the Australian ... Read More

Men's No 2 seed Andy Roddick (USA) has lost to unseeded Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus), 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 4-6, in the fourth round of the Australian Open on Day 7, ... Read More

Australia, particularly Sydney and Hobart, is celebrating the christening of the three-month-old son of Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary. The child was christened Christian Valdemar Henri John ... Read More

Men's No 6 seed and 2004 French Open runner-up Guillermo Coria (Argentina) has been knocked out in the third round of the Australian Open in a four-setter against No 25 ... Read More

Australian Open defending champion and No 13 seed in the current tournament Serena Williams (USA) has been eliminated in the third round, losing to No 17 seed Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia), ... Read More

Australia's top men's tennis player and No 3 seed Lleyton Hewitt bowed out of the Australian Open in the second round of the Grand Slam tournament in a drawn-out four-setter ... Read More

Men's No 9 seed Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) lost to unseeded Alex Bogomolov Jr (US) in the first round of the men's singles on the second day of the Australian Open ... Read More

No 9 seed Elena Dementieva (Russia) and No 10 seed and Wimbledon champion Venus Williams (US) were eliminated in the first round of the Australian Open which started today at ... Read More

As the Australian Open gets under way in Melbourne, find your most convenient way to Melbourne Park where all the tennis action happens until the men's final on January 29. ... Read More

It has been reported in London and in the local media that Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue is back in Australia and spending time with her family in Melbourne. She ... Read More

Visitors to the Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers on New Zealand's West Coast are being urged to be mindful of warning signs as giant chunks of ice fall from the ... Read More

A seven-year-old girl was today stung by a box jellyfish in far north Queensland. Rushed to hospital, the child was pronounced dead soon after arrival. It was the first recorded ... Read More

A 21-year-old woman has died after being attacked by a shark in the waters of North Stradbroke Island near the Queensland capital, Brisbane. The woman was airlifted to the Princess ... Read More

Australia's January Sydney Festival celebrates the flowering of culture and the arts in a variety of innovative and new indoor and outdoor events that run until Australia Day, January 26. (Photo ... Read More

The celebrated Chekhov International Theatre Festival (Russia) production of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night opens at Sydney's Theatre Royal as one of this year's theatre highlights opening on the first day ... Read More