Numbats are curious creatures. The only marsupials that are active solely during the day, when they scratch at soil and rotting logs for termites, these squirrel-sized animals are built to hoard body heat. But that same energy-saving trait may put the already endangered animals at risk as the climate warms, a new study suggests.
Already, even brief sun exposure on days over 23° Celsius (73° Fahrenheit) can severely limit the time the Australian marsupials can spend foraging, researchers report January
Sir Richard Branson says his first cruise ship to hit Australia offers a luxury experience like no other…but the reality struggled at first to keep up with his dream.
Thanks to a major computer glitch, the thrill of my first cruise was dampened by the check-in queue at Port Melbourne snaking hundreds of metres through pouring rain.
But two hours later than scheduled, all that was quickly forgotten when we finally stepped aboard and were greeted by the staff’s warm
Another wild night of storms has turned deadly with two people, including a little girl, tragically killed as grave fears are held for four others who remain missing.
The nine-year-old girl was swept into a storm drain after jumping a fence on Palara St, Rochedale South, at Logan in Brisbane’s south, about 6.30pm on Boxing Day.
Paramedics tried desperately to revive the girl once she was located, but she could not be saved.
The tragedy on Tuesday came as a
It’s the status given to only the select few lucky enough snag a sporting star.
But what happens when a WAG loses her title?
From glamorous makeovers to rebuilding their lives with new relationships, we take a look at how some of Australia’s most iconic ex-WAGs recovered from their very public breakups.
Amie Rohan
Amie Rohan, the ex-wife of Geelong Cats player Gary Rohan, was left devastated in 2020 after splitting from her husband at the height of the Covid
The glitterati came out in force for the NGV Gala 2023 at the National Gallery of Victoria on Saturday.
Many celebrities used the gala as an opportunity to show off their other half, with Liam Hemsworth and his girlfriend Gabriella Brooks just one of several high-profile couples in attendance.
The Hunger Games star looked dapper in a slick black suit that accentuated his broad shoulders.
He had his blonde hair perfectly slicked back and had trimmed his facial hair to
The best places to visit in 2024 have been named by the travel experts at Lonely Planet – and it’s Mongolia that’s the number one country, followed by India in second place.
Lonely Planet’s newly released Best In Travel 2024 book crowns the top 10 countries, top 10 regions, and top 10 cities to visit next year. Two new categories – the top 10 ‘value’ and top 10 ‘sustainable’ destinations – have also been introduced this year, to mark Lonely
At the murky bottom of lavish fountains and exotic temple wishing wells, there’s a grubby fortune for those willing to get their hands dirty – both literally and legally.
The sunken treasure is comprised of hordes of tourist coins, casually tossed in for good luck – but the real fortune is for coin hunters like Australia’s Ronnie Shahar.
Individually, the coins are worthless and can’t be redeemed at overseas banks, but currency salvagers like Mr Shahar will criss-cross the world
A finance expert has warned that mortgage arrears could ‘tick up’ as soon as the second half of 2023, with millions of Aussie borrowers on a mortgage cliff of low rate home loans due to face a repayment shock.
Erin Kitson’s warning followed her revelation that people living in the outer regions of capital cities across the country had higher mortgage arrears levels than their inner-city counterparts.
Some of the high rate areas included the South West, Outer West and
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The affable advice at Aussie Trax, the four-wheel drive hire company located at Kingfisher Bay Resort, is: ‘No worries if yer run into strife, but try not to, mate.’
And then we set off to explore K’gari, the world’s largest sand island, nine miles off Queensland’s southeastern coast and 160 miles north of Brisbane.
With just a couple of campsites, one resort and no permanent residents, these 75 miles by 14 miles of rainforest growing on sand (the only place
