Australasia
Woman wedged to toilet bowl for a week
An Australian woman was rescued after spending a week wedged between her toilet door and the bowl.
Inside Australasia
Australia reaches for the gun to settle its camel question
Monday, 27 July 2009
Brought to the country as beasts of burden in 1840, today there are one million camels eating the outback.
Amateur first to spot big bang on Jupiter
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
Anthony Wesley was engaged in his favourite backyard pastime of watching Jupiter through his 14.5-inch-wide Newtonian telescope when the amateur Australian astronomer made the discovery of a lifetime – a find that has astonished and enthralled professional planet watchers around the world.
Sydney police investigate brutal killing of family
Sunday, 19 July 2009
An Australian family of five, including two children, were bludgeoned to death in their home in a Sydney suburb in what police said Sunday was a targeted killing.
Backpacker wrote letters of farewell
Sunday, 19 July 2009
The British backpacker who survived 12 days in the Australian outback wrote goodbye letters to his family, fearing he would not be rescued. Jamie Neale told 60 Minutes: "I was thinking I might die on that mountain."
Bush survivor discusses ordeal
Saturday, 18 July 2009
Jamie Neale said thinking about his mother kept him going through the 12-day ordeal when he was lost in the bush.
The town that put the men on the Moon on the box
Friday, 17 July 2009
Kathy Marks: Forty years ago, a telescope in the middle of rural Australia allowed 600 million people to witness one of history's greatest moments.
Backpacker stays in hospital
Thursday, 16 July 2009
A "back from the dead" backpacker who was lost in the Australian bush for 12 days could be discharged from hospital tomorrow.
Backpacker who came back from the dead... to a scolding
Thursday, 16 July 2009
Teenage Briton emerges to face his father after 12 days lost in Aussie bush
Australia and New Zealand cancel tsunami warnings after quake
Wednesday, 15 July 2009
New Zealand and Australia canceled tsunami warnings today after an earthquake struck the south of New Zealand, causing minor damage but no injuries.
Bush survivor: 'Thoughts of mother kept me going'
Wednesday, 15 July 2009
Briton Jamie Neale defied elements after he was lost in Australia
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