Sydney Launches Chinese New Year Festival
Tuesday January 29, 2008
It's three weeks and a bit of Chinese New Year celebratons in Sydney as visitors and locals greet the arrival of the Year of the Rat.
Sydney's Chinese New Year Festival ... Read More
Djokovic Wins Australian Open Men's Singles Title
Sunday January 27, 2008
In a thrilling, hard-fought four-setter, No 3 seed Novak Djokovic (Serbia) overcame unseeded rising star Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France), 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6, to win the Australian Open men's singles title.
This ... Read More
Sharapova Wins Women's Singles Title
Friday January 25, 2008
Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova, last year's Australian Open runner-up, defeated Serbian Ana Ivanovic, 7-5, 6-3, to win this year's Australian Open women's singles title. Sharapova was seeded No 5, ... Read More
Federer Out of Australian Open
Friday January 25, 2008
Australian Open defending champion and No 1 seed Roger Federer (Switzerland) has been eliminated in the semi-finals of the tournament being played in Melbourne, succumbing to the onslaught of No ... Read More
Join the Fun of Australia Day Where It All Began
Friday January 25, 2008
It's a special day at The Rocks, that area at Sydney Cove where the first white settlement in Australia was begun by Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet in ... Read More
Australian Open Singles Semi-Finals Begin
Wednesday January 23, 2008
The Australian Open singles semi-finals take place at Melbourne Park from January 24, Australian eastern daylight saving time.
The singles matches have turned up their fair number of surprises this year.
Justine ... Read More
Unearth the Past at Riversleigh: Fossils from 25 Million Years Ago
Wednesday January 23, 2008
Twinned with the Naracoorte fossil mammal site some 2000 kilometres away in South Australia, Riversleigh in Outback Queensland has unearthed bones and teeth of extinct prehistoric animals such as huge ... Read More
Serena Williams Loses Her Australian Open Crown
Monday January 21, 2008
American tennis player Serena Williams lost her Australian Open title as women's singles champion in the quarter-finals of the tournament being played in Melbourne.
No 3 seed Jelena Jankovic defeated Williams, ... Read More
Australia's Last Hope in Australian Open Falls
Monday January 21, 2008
Australia's last hope in the Australian Open being played in Melbourne has fallen.
Former US Open (2001) and Wimbledon (2002) champion Lleyton Hewitt, seeded No 19 in the current tournament, lost ... Read More
Dellacqua Dream Run Ends
Sunday January 20, 2008
In the fourth round of the Australian Open, unseeded Australian player Casey Dellacqua bowed out of the tournament, having lost to No 3 seed Jelena Jankovic (Serbia), after downing No ... Read More
Hewitt Survives Marathon Match to Down Baghdatis
Saturday January 19, 2008
Australia's No 1 men's singles tennis player Lleyton Hewitt, seeded No 19 in the current Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament being played in Melbourne, survived a marathon 4-hour 45-minute ... Read More
Unseeded Aussie Downs Seeded Players at Australian Open
Friday January 18, 2008
Unseeded Australian tennis player Casey Dellacqua, 23 in February, has risen to become No 1 in Australia's women's tennis after defeating seeded players Patty Schnyder and 2006 Australian Open champion ... Read More
Melbourne Park: Home of the Australian Open
Thursday January 17, 2008
Southeast of Melbourne's Federation Square, along Swan St by the Yarra River, Melbourne Park is home to the Australian Open, one of only four Grand Slam tennis tournaments in the ... Read More
It's Country Music Time in Tamworth
Tuesday January 15, 2008
The New South Wales inland city of Tamworth explodes into country music frenzy as the Australian Country Music Festival gets under way on January 18 and the much-coveted Golden Guitar ... Read More
Williams, Henin Win Australian Open Opening Matches
Sunday January 13, 2008
American tennis ace and Australian Open defending champion Serena Williams took to the court on January 14, Australian eastern daylight saving time, to open this year's Australian Open at Melbourne ... Read More
Flags Fly at Half-Mast for Conqueror of Everest
Friday January 11, 2008
New Zealand and Antarctica lowered their flags to half-mast on hearing the news Sir Edmund Hillary, first man to set foot on the world's highest peak, Mt Everest, had died.
New ... Read More
White Play Is at Melbourne's Playhouse
Thursday January 10, 2008
The Sydney Theatre production of The Season at Sarsaparilla with the STC Actors Company is being presented in Melbourne by the Melbourne Theatre Company.
The Patrick White play which has had ... Read More
Go Blackwater Rafting in Waitomo's Underground River
Tuesday January 8, 2008
If you enjoy whitewater rafting, try blackwater rafting for a change. When you visit New Zealand's North Island, head to the Waitomo caves for a spot of blackwater rafting.
This is ... Read More
The Sydney Festival Is Here
Sunday January 6, 2008
Starting with the free opening night events on January 5, the Sydney Festival is now in full swing as at least three major festival events opened on January 6 with ... Read More
Discover the Nearer South Coast Beaches
Thursday January 3, 2008
Despite occasional rain, it's been mainly beach weather in and around Sydney. And, mate, these Sydney beaches get crowded really fast!
If you want uncrowded beaches not far from Sydney, try ... Read More
Free Opening Night Events at Sydney Festival
Tuesday January 1, 2008
Sydney's city streets and parks explode into a kaleidoscope of free opening night events on January 5 at this year's Sydney Festival.
Family-friendly events actually begin in mid-afternoon with Kids First ... Read More