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The museum made headlines earlier this year after it moved several of the supposed Picassos to a female toilet cubicle.
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BetStop, Australia’s national self-exclusion registry, has seen nearly 26,000 registrations, recent statistics show. As of the end of June 2024,… Continue reading BetStop registers nearly 26,000 in Australia’s self-exclusion effort...
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The Australian island of Tasmania is a bit chilly in the winter, with highs between 3 and 11 degrees Celsius, or 37 and 51 degrees Fahrenheit. Tourism Tasmania has created some odd jobs to encourage off-season travel. Among them is Wombat Walker, whi...
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The first Indian Pacific, a great transcontinental rail adventure, first left Sydney for Perth in 1970. Thousands of well-wishers gathered a few days later to welcome its safe arrival in Perth, capital of Western Australia. It was the fir...
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StKilda once celebrated its reputation as a centre of privilege and taste, the wealthiest suburb in C19th Melbourne. Although spouse and I lived in StKilda from 1976 on, I knew nothing of this cool C19th history. So I was very pleased to connect...
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As seasons of the year in Australia begin to change in character there is some value in establishing what the climate zones across the country's 7.688 million km² landmass are, in order to form personal comparisons that are based on more than...
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Frogs are adorable, but they are also an essential keystone species. Frogs eat a lot of things, and a lot of things eat frogs. Their waste products cycle nutrients through the ecosystem. Like beavers, they alter their environments and help keep them...