Sydney's famous New Year's Eve fireworks bid farewell tonight to the year that was, a 2006 marked by achievement, hope, cheer and some disappointments — but somehow always a good ... Read More

The timber Sparkman & Stephens 47 yacht Love & War, has been declared the official overall winner on handicap of this year's Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The winner's trophy, the Tattersalls ... Read More

A severe storm on the afternoon of December 29 has damaged the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. The ceiling fell in after filling with water, and parts of the ... Read More

Last year's winner in the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Wild Oats XI, has repeated its 2005 line honors victory with a back to back win this year. Wild Oats XI, owned ... Read More

The maxi yacht Wild Oats XI was still in the lead in this year's Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in the early morning of December 28, Australian eastern daylight saving time. ... Read More

Between 1am and 2pm, December 27, Australian eastern daylight saving time, ABN AMRO One (Netherlands; Volvo 70) took the lead from Wild Oats XI in this year's Sydney Hobart Yacht ... Read More

Within about 12 minutes of the start of this year's Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, last year's winner, Wild Oats XI, was first to reach the seaward mark, sail through the ... Read More

Dawn, morning, daylight, and it's Christmas Day in Australia and New Zealand. All the best to you and yours this holiday season. Peace, joy, and all.

With the Sydney Festival starting on January 6, you may wish to consider attending some of the festival's theatre events. Know where the theatres are, what parking facilities are ... Read More

December 26, the day after Christmas, is Boxing Day, a public holiday in Australia and New Zealand — so it's going to be a really long weekend with Christmas Day ... Read More

A leading line honors contender in this year's Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has been knocked out of the bluewater classic. Ludde Ingvall's boat, the 90ft maxi Diabetes, was dismasted in the ... Read More

Visiting Auckland? Here is your guide to moving around in New Zealand's largest city, from airport shuttle transfers to finding accommodation, then to traveling by hire car, bus, boat, bike, ... Read More

The second largest New South Wales city and just two hours north of Sydney by road, Newcastle lies on a peninsula bounded by the Hunter River in the north and ... Read More

Designed as a public civic centre and meeting place, Federation Square links Melbourne's central business district north of the Yarra River to the river itself and the gardens and parklands ... Read More

The deadly box jellyfish, also known as stinger or sea wasp, can be found from around November to April along the north Queensland coast past Great Keppel Island. While stings ... Read More

Carols by candlelight have become a deep-seated part of Australian tradition. The events in Sydney and Melbourne are particularly large events drawing tens of thousands of Christmas carolers. Sydney's Christmas ... Read More

The animated movie Finding Nemo remains one of the children's favorite movies on DVD after being such a huge hit in moviehouses. In Sydney's aquatic wonderland, find Nemo and the ... Read More

Yes, they do look pretty similar. And to the untrained eye, it's often difficult to discern which is the Australian flag and which New Zealand's. Place them at a distance ... Read More

Mate, that's the boobie bird, also known as booby, and you'll find this particular type on Lord Howe Island, one of Australia's World Heritage sites. The subtropical Lord Howe Island, ... Read More

First there's Christmas, then New Year's Eve, then the new year. January is festival time and the Sydney Festival is just around the corner. Festival offerings range from theatre, dance, music, ... Read More

The Rolf de Heer film Ten Canoes, set in the Australian Aboriginal homeland that is Arnhem Land, was named best film at the Australian Film Institute Awards held in Melbourne ... Read More

This is Australia's largest coin in circulation. It's a 50-cent piece, and it is reproduced here in very close to actual size: 3.3cm across its widest diameter; 3cm at its ... Read More

Some of the most stunningly white — and uncrowded — beaches in New South Wales are to be found in Jervis Bay just two and a half hours' drive from ... Read More

The replica 16th century Dutch ship, the Duyfken, is scheduled to arrive in Sydney on December 11 to be one of four tall ships sailing down the Sydney Hobart Yacht ... Read More

Mate, you can still find Aussie hamburgers with the lot! Not at McDonald's though, nor at any of the burger chains. In February 2001, in a discussion thread in our forum ... Read More

Daylight saving time starts in Western Australia on a three-year trial basis from December 3, 2006, to March 25, 2007. Queensland and the Northern Territory remain the only places in ... Read More

Well, that's what they say and that's what I'd been told. If that's the case, then there's several thousands worth of words in each of our photo galleries. Here are some ... Read More

Yes, it's summer in Australia. The Australian summer has begun and continues until the end of February. If you're in Australia in the summer, or planning a summer visit, these ... Read More