Australian singer Kylie Minogue, whose brave battle with cancer has inspired millions, has been honored in the Queen's New Year Honors List with an Order of the British Empire (OBE). Shooting ... Read More

The US fixed keel STP 65 entry in the 2007 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Roger Sturgeon's Rosebud, was named provisional overall handicap winner in the afternoon of August 29, Australian ... Read More

The Sydney 30m super maxi Wild Oats XI, skippered by Mark Richards, crossed the Derwent River finish line in Hobart, Tasmania, to notch its third consecutive line honors win at ... Read More

At 4.30am, December 28, Australian eastern daylight saving time, Sydney Hobart Yacht Race leader Wild Oats XI was within less than 70 nautical miles to the finish line in Hobart's ... Read More

By 5am, December 27, Australian eastern daylight saving time, the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race leaders remained Wild Oats XI, City Index Leopard and Skandia. Joining the top five were American ... Read More

Just on 1pm, December 26, Australian eastern daylight saving time, and the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is on. After a brilliant start by race record holder and 2005 and 2006 line ... Read More

At a time of turbulence in the world, let's hope during this holiday season and in the year ahead that we can be granted some measure of goodwill, and peace. Looking ... Read More

As in many parts of the world, Christmastime is holiday time in Australia and New Zealand where the season is marked with messages of joy and peace, a commodity so ... Read More

The Baz Luhrmann Outback epic Australia is reported to have finished filming with star Nicole Kidman playing out her final scenes at Sydney's Fox Studios. Kidman plays Englishwoman Lady Sarah Ashley, ... Read More

From an earlier figure of 90 yachts entered for this year's Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, damage and other causes have brought down the number of entries to 82 with several ... Read More

Billy Elliot, the musical of the hit movie of 2000, has danced into Sydney, opening at the Capitol Theatre on December 13. Australia is the only country outside of the United ... Read More

Now that the Australian summer is officially here, get set for the days when Sydney simply sizzles in heat. But judging from the past few days you wouldn't have known it's ... Read More

The remarkable contribution of Australia's cameleers is the focus of a National Library of Australia exhibition which has opened in Canberra and continues until February 17. Admission to the exhibition ... Read More

The Tasmanian Wilderness, a United Nations-inscribed World Heritage site, celebrates the 25th year of its inscription this week. Comprising a fifth of the state of Tasmania, the wilderness area was first ... Read More

Well, you don't have to. But if you wanted to, where else but in New Zealand where commercial bungy jumping all began? In 1986, New Zealander A J Hackett leapt ... Read More

... Romulus, My Father, the directorial debut of actor Richard Roxburgh from a screenplay by poet and playwright Nick Drake. The film stars Eric Bana as Romulus, father to the ... Read More

South Australia's capital city combines small-town charm and big-time attractions in its setting of an oasis of green. A city of churches and a centre of the arts, Adelaide has ... Read More

It's that time of the year when the Australian Film Institute recognises and honors the year's achievements in Australian film and television. The AFI Awards are spread over two nights, the ... Read More

The southern hemisphere’s largest open-air market, the Queen Victoria Market offers fresh farm produce and a variety of merchandise which turns it into a modern Arabian Nights bazaar. It is ... Read More