The United States' Serena Williams downed Russian Dinara Safina in the Australian Open women's singles final played at Melbourne Park on the night of January 31, local time. Williams won in ... Read More

In the longest tennis match in Australian Open history, World No 1 Rafael Nadal defeated compatriot No 14 seed Fernando Verdasco, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 6-7, 6-4. in the semi-final on ... Read More

Leading women's singles seed (after No 1 seed Jelena Jankovic had been eliminated) and three-time Australian Open champion Serena Williams (US) knocked off No 4 seed Elena Dementieva (Russia) in ... Read More

Popular No 5 seed and last year's Australian Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) has been eliminated from this year's Grand Slam tournament at Melbourne Park. No 14 seed Fernando Verdasco (Spain) ... Read More

At the start of play at the Australian Open on January 28, local time, half of the top 10 seeded players in men's and women's singles tennis had been eliminated ... Read More

Australian comeback kid Jelena Dokic lost her quarter-final match against No 3 seed and US Open semifinalist Dinara Safina (Russia) in an Australian Open three-setter where the third set could ... Read More

No 3 seed and last year's Australian Open men's singles champion Novak Djokovic (Serbia) was forced to retire from his quarter-final clash with No 7 seed Andy Roddick (US) in ... Read More

Unlike Australia, whose national day marks the settlement at Sydney Cove by Europeans, which is often viewed as "invasion day" by the Aboriginal people, New Zealand’s national day — Waitangi ... Read More

Australian comeback kid Jelena Dokic, once ranked No 4 in the world but whose game had since gone downhill, entered this year's Australian Open as a wild card. She won her ... Read More

World No 1 and Australian Open No 1 seed Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) was eliminated from the Australian Open on the seventh day of the tennis tournament being played in Melbourne. She ... Read More

Last year's Australian Open women's singles finalist and No 5 seed Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) lost to No 29 seed Alisa Kleybanova (Russia) in her Round 3 match at Melbourne Park ... Read More

In a stunning second round upset, Wimbledon champion and No 6 seed Venus Williams (US) was eliminated from the Australian Open when she was defeated by unseeded 20-year-old Carla Suarez ... Read More

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

The Chinese new year of the Year of the Ox starts on January 26 and China Travel writer Sara Naumann has a roundup of Chinese new year celebrations around the ... Read More

It's the first day of the Australian Open and opening round matches have begun in the morning of January 19, Australian eastern daylight saving time, at Melbourne Park. In the men's ... Read More

Sydney's Chinese New Year Festival begins on January 23 and continues until February 15 — three weeks of celebrations to mark the start of the Chinese new year which this ... Read More

Australian movie actor Guy Pearce heads a distinguished ensemble cast in Melbourne Theatre Company's inaugural production at its new Melbourne performing arts complex. A co-production with Sydney Theatre Company, a play ... Read More

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

Free events at various city venues launch this year's Sydney Festival which runs for three weeks until January 31. A highlight of tonight's Festival First Night is the performance by the ... Read More

The New South Wales inland city of Tamworth explodes into country music frenzy as the Australian Country Music Festival gets under way on January 16 and the much-coveted Golden Guitar ... Read More

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

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

So it's another new year for Australia / New Zealand travel and while economic conditions may have deterred some distance voyaging in 2008, 2009 may be a turning point for ... Read More