Crown Princess Mary has made a grand entrance on her first official visit to Australia in more than a decade. The Tasmanian-born royal touched down on home soil on Thursday night after flying into Sydney. Her first order of business was hitting the 2km cycle route around the city’s iconicContinue Reading
A severe tropical cyclone, which intensified to category 4 in water off Australia’s northwest early on Friday morning, is expected to weaken as it heads towards the West Australian coast. Tropical Cyclone Herman was tracking more than 1000km northwest of Exmouth about 2am AWST, according to the Bureau of Meteorology,Continue Reading
A shark killed a 59-year-old Australian tourist on Sunday near a crowded beach in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, authorities said. The man was swimming close to a pontoon around 150 metres from the beach in the capital Noumea when the shark attacked, biting him several times, theyContinue Reading
When Cameron Chappell packed his snorkelling gear, he expected to soon be cruising around Vanuatu and New Caledonia. But instead he is on his way to Tasmania. The 22-year-old from Adelaide had already boarded Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas on Tuesday in Brisbane when he found out the internationalContinue Reading
An Australian city has been ranked the 10th ‘most Instagrammable’ place in the world – if you guessed Sydney, you would be spot on. The popular Aussie destination famed for its picturesque beaches made its top 10 appearance on Big 7 Travel’s 50 most Instagrammable places in the world forContinue Reading
SYDNEY: Frightened villagers fled to higher ground fearing a tsunami when a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck late Sunday just off the coast of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu.The violent quake’s epicentre was in the sea just off the northern bay of the largest island Espiritu Santo, some 400 kilometres (250Continue Reading
Virgin is dropping a round of dirt-cheap tickets just in time for Boxing Day sales — including a one-way economy trip from Sydney to Byron Bay for as little as $55. The airline revealed it will release 800,000 discounted fares for both domestic and international destinations next Monday. Other popularContinue Reading
Australia has committed to making a security deal with Vanuatu public, in direct contrast to the contentious arrangement forged between China and the Solomon Islands earlier this year. Foreign Minister Penny Wong made the promise in Port Vila on Tuesday, after signing a deal with Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael KalsakauContinue Reading