An Adelaide mum has issued a chilling warning after she was hit with more than $370,000 in medical fees after her son fell off a motorcycle while on a holiday with friends in Bali. Blake Gibb, 30, was holidaying with two friends in Indonesia’s Lombongan Island when the horror incidentContinue Reading
Greg Davis had just returned from a two-week trip to Japan when he began to feel something unusual with his abdomen. The 33-year-old and his wife Kymberley, 34, from Perth, were living it up in the tourist hotspot, exploring Tokyo, Nagano, Osaka and Kyoto in January this year. “The wholeContinue Reading
A white mother is suing one of the United States’ biggest airlines, claiming it accused her of trafficking her black daughter. Mary MacCarthy, of Los Angeles, filed suit Thursday against Southwest Airlines for “blatant racism”. The mother is seeking to change Southwest’s training and policies, after she suggested the airlineContinue Reading
Unsettling footage has emerged of a father downing beer while his young son pilots their plane – not long before the pair were killed in a crash. Garon Maia, 42, and his son Francisco, 11, died when their private plane plummeted into the rainforest in western Brazil on July 29.Continue Reading
At least five foreigners were deported from Bali last month, serving as a reminder for Australians to be mindful travellers as the crackdown on unruly tourists in the holiday hotspot continues. Three Russians, a Ukrainian, English and Italian national were detained for various violations during July, including overstaying their visas,Continue Reading
An animal escape has prompted the partial evacuation of Perth Zoo as keepers scrambled to return a cheeky ape to its enclosure. It’s understood a silvery gibbon, also known as a Javan gibbon, managed to swing out of its habitat on Tuesday, prompting a speedy response from zoo staff. TheContinue Reading
It was 8.30pm in the city of Medan, Indonesia one day last month and Giwang Ramadan, a 20-year-old student, was doing something he did regularly – picking up his younger brother from an after-school religious studies class at the local mosque. It was only a five-minute drive by motorbike fromContinue Reading
Australians have been urged to be on the lookout for symptoms of a deadly disease after a spike in cases, as a state government promises vaccines to help prevent more deaths. NSW Health issued a warning on Friday after 25 cases of meningococcal disease — mostly the B strain ofContinue Reading
An Australian man is fighting for his life after a horror motorbike accident in Bali. Daniel Quinn, from Sydney, was just one week into his two-week trip in Seminyak when things took a shocking turn. His mother Lesley had received a phone call on August 2 from her distraught daughterContinue Reading
Bali has a waste problem and if it’s not addressed it will become “uncontrollable”, an Indonesian official has warned. The issue of waste management in Bali has long been a hot topic, with recent photos of Kuta beach — a tourist island located in the south — showing it overrunContinue Reading