Riverside Tassie village a boatie’s dream
The broad, slow-flowing Huon River is the town’s lifeblood and home to an eclectic mix of river craft, from the resident tall ship to the tiny rowboats bobbing in the currents. 4-DAY ITINERARY >>
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Queenstown: Where art, history and mother nature combines
Wild, raw and untamed wilderness – wearing scars of the clash between mankind and mother nature juxtaposed with museums, galleries, art and stories. YOUR 4-DAY ITINERARY >>
Tassie town where beauty comes naturally
It’s the gateway to Cradle Mountain and is known as the town of murals. Welcome to Sheffield: Tasmania’s Outdoor Art Gallery. LEARN ABOUT ITS HIDDEN GEMS >>
Town a jewel in the Tamar Valley crown
While it was originally named after a cow, this Tassie town is also famous for platypuses, seahorses — and vineyards. VOTE to crown it Tassie’s top tourism town >>
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The true evil of Adrian Bayley revealed
JILL Meagher’s murderer Adrian Ernest Bayley has been convicted of raping three more women during secret trials spanning half a year. The untold story of his evil crimes can finally be revealed.
Unleashing our most fearsome weapon
THEIR bite has twice the pressure of a regular dog’s and they have the training and intelligence to work in warzones. This is the ferocious side of man’s best friend.
Creepy killer called himself ‘the lover’ online
SPECIAL REPORT: Daniel Kelsall revealed to his psychiatrist a fascination in death, discussing how he would like to knife ‘a random’ while at night he watched sick porn and played violent fantasy games.
Baby-faced bookworm with an evil stare
DANIEL Kelsall had everything. Adopted by a wealthy family, he had the run of a sprawling house, summer holidays at beach house and was in the best schools. But classmates remember a strange child with a penetrating stare.
How police stopped a serial killer in the making
POLICE are confident the conviction of Daniel Kelsall has prevented further killings, as it emerged he stalked another man and followed him to his front door just a week after murdering Morgan Huxley.
A sick father, work strife and a tricky love life
TO crack the case of the murder of Morgan Huxley, police had to hold every piece of his life up to the light- and the dating life of the comfortably single man suddenly became front page news.
Finding Genghis Khan’s forbidden tomb
GENGHIS Khan really, really didn’t want his body to be found. But now the 800-year-old murderous wall of deception he built up around his final resting place is starting to crumble.
Heat, drought, fires: What El Niño means
AUSTRALIA’S weather could be about to get hotter and drier. Why? We’re on the cusp of another El Nino. Here’s how it may affect us.
Is dark matter behind mass extinction?
EVERY 30 million years, Earth goes through a seemingly scheduled die-off. A new idea has been put forward to explain it: Elusive, mysterious dark matter.
Science’s advice for ultimate survival
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