Best Aussie athlete of 21st century
Australia has a vast treasure-trove of exceptional sporting exports, but our best athlete of the past 25 years has been named – do you agree with the top pick and who else made the list? Take our poll
Australia has a vast treasure-trove of exceptional sporting exports, but our best athlete of the past 25 years has been named – do you agree with the top pick and who else made the list? Take our poll
Is this the world’s most stubborn neighbour? A homeowner in China refused to budge for developers and defied demolition – how did his eccentric resistance succeed?
Table manners were missing in action as a flock of sheep crashed a casual coffee catch up in China – should someone have stopped this woolly wag from chugging the caffeine? TAKE OUR POLL
First inspired by a fictional chess player, rising Australian whiz kid Reyaansh Chakrabarty has since beaten Grandmasters for real – here’s his plan for becoming Australia’s first world champ
Discreetly placed cameras have captured the wonderful moment a gorilla decided to let loose and play in the rain after his brother took shelter from the wet weather. Watch the funny footage here
Researchers have discovered the reason why we have eyebrows — to help early humans show emotion and communicate before we could speak
A hungry coast carpet python has stunned vets after swallowing a man’s slipper and ending up in surgery. See the amazing X-rays
We take a look inside a busy Cadbury’s chocolate factory making millions of eggs in time for Easter
Daphne the giant, inflatable duck is rescued at sea after floating away during a Perth swimming carnival
A surfing blue koala is the mascot for the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. We meet Borobi and learn why he was chosen.
The Sydney Opera House joins a list of world landmarks to turn green to celebrate St Patrick’s Day.
Tourist Sue Elcock reels in monster fish — which is longer than her own body — while in Australia on holiday
Queensland farmers crack open giant egg to find another normal-sized egg inside
UPDATE: Don Gorske has eaten two Big Macs every day for 46 years. Now the record holder has just eaten his 30,000th burger. And he won’t stop there.
Orphaned piglet Maggie May and Daisy the duckling, who was also abandoned, have become best mates after both being rescued
A tricky poem full of secret clues has the answer to where a real treasure chest full of gold and jewels is buried. Can you solve the puzzle?
Crochet artist Phil Ferguson creates funny food hats that will have you in stitches.
Watch the moment a snake catcher rescues a curious tiger snake that got its head stuck in a beer can. VIDEO
It’s 50 years since Skippy the Bush Kangaroo hit our screens, winning the hearts of generations of children with her heroics and becoming a global TV success story.
Tasmanian cycling star Richie Porte has been honoured with some amazing crop art by a farmer in his home state.
