Former rugby player who was left paralyzed for years after eating a slug has died
By Julie Mazziotta From Yahoo A friendly dare went terribly wrong eight years ago when 19-year-old Sam Ballard ate a slug that was carrying a deadly parasite that left him paralyzed. And now, after years of medical issues, the former…
Destination of the week
AUSTRALIA – OUTSTANDING DESTINATION From Travel Blissful When trying to decide what to see in Australia you can be faced with many decisions. Are you looking for famous places in Australia to visit, the most beautiful places in Australia, the…
Sydney man reportedly injured in cruise ship fight
From news.com.au A PASSENGER has told of his horror after his family was targeted in a night of violence on board a cruise in the South Pacific. A SYDNEY man has reportedly been left with facial fractures and is stranded…
Sculpture by the Sea
Take a peek at Australia’s open-air exhibition Sculpture by the Sea BY SHANNON CONNELLAN From Mashable Burger bait. A cavalcade of charging horses. A plastic bubble paradise. They’re all sitting on the coastline of Australia. Every year, the two-kilometre coastal…
Wedding guest shares photo of five other people wearing same dress
BY JOHNNY LIEU From Mashable Finding other people with the same outfit can be annoying, but at least these guys found the humour in it. Debbie Speranza from Sydney, Australia found herself in quite an extraordinary situation with five other…
Australian authorities arrest 4 in alleged airplane terrorist plot
By Sherisse Pham and Samantha Beech, From CNN Sydney (CNN)Australian authorities arrested four men Saturday over a foiled a terror plot to bring down an airplane, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said. Police said it was an Islamist-inspired plot, but they…
Thousands Join March for Science to Fight ‘Alternative Facts’
Thousands of people joined a global March for Science on Saturday with Washington the epicenter of a movement to fight back against what many see as an “assault on facts” by populist politicians. Hundreds streamed onto the Washington Mall for…
Dwight Yorke ‘treated like a criminal’ when he was refused entry to US
By Simon Robb for Metro.co.uk Former Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke said he was ‘treated like a criminal’ when he was refused entry to the US last week. Yorke, 45, was travelling to the Caribbean when he was barred from…
$16,000 first-class trip for $480
This guy used a frequent-flyer trick to take a $16,000 first-class trip for $480 — here’s what it was like Travel blogger Sam Huang has made it his mission to book extravagant flights for only a few hundred dollars. From…
Trinidad: Mom, baby found in death embrace: Cops suspect murder/suicide
From St Lucia News Online TRINIDAD GUARDIAN – The decomposing bodies of Anika Gabriel and her baby were found on a bed at their South Oropouche home by the baby’s father yesterday morning. Three and a half month old Sydney…