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.
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?
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.
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.
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?
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.
No one has mentioned how gob-smackingly gorgeous this city is, with its enormous harbour skirted by countless golden beaches.
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?
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.
San Pedro de Atacama is a Chilean oasis – a place of stunning simplicity and an almost total absence of rain.
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