Teen sailor defied sea snakes and sharks in reef rescue
Chaice Grant was on his first sea voyage when he spotted a yacht in distress – hundreds of kilometres away from land. What happened next?
Fiona Harari
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Death-rolled by croc and living to tell the tale
Johnny Banjo escaped a crocodile’s jaws of death after minutes of wrestling for his life. After poking the crocodile in the eye, Banjo grabbed his shirt and a loose can of beer before legging it on land. As it turns out, crocs are fast there too.
How a family was born in the wake of devastating Ash Wednesday fires
They lost their home in the 1983 Ash Wednesday fires. Just a few days later, Vivienne and Ian Kroehn were expecting their first child. What happened next?
Howling winds, rough seas, and an avian flu scare
With its barren landscape and a sprinkling of very British sights (including a bust of Margaret Thatcher) the Falkland Islands are a unique travel destination – but first you’ve got to get there.
‘No one knows about my time in a Greek jail’
Fifty years ago The Australian reported a young Sydney woman had been arrested and jailed in Greece for having her boyfriend stay in her apartment. We’ve tracked her down to hear her story.
Olympic swimmer banned with Dawn Fraser surfaces six decades on
Marlene Dayman was 14 at the 1964 Tokyo Games. But after marching at the opening ceremony, she was banned from competing. When you give a teen a ‘life sentence’, how do they turn out?
She survived Auschwitz — but nothing could dim Magda’s light
The wartime experiences of my in-laws, and the obliteration of an entire branch of family, have shaded each trip to Budapest, the shadows always tempered by those who survived and remained, their warmth and laughter, the jubilation of being in their embrace. Today, there is only melancholy.
Forget the warnings, this city is paradise
No one has mentioned how gob-smackingly gorgeous this city is, with its enormous harbour skirted by countless golden beaches.
‘They expected me to fail, that I’m just not capable’
She blasted into federal parliament a decade ago and was quickly written off – but her passion and persistence has made her a force to be reckoned with. Where’s the limit for Jacqui Lambie?
Seven days, four countries and oh so leisurely
With barely a shudder from our floating home, we make our way across four countries, feasting and supping on board by night, and exploring nearby towns and historical sites by day.
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