Hurricane Cody blows into Hobart
Stephen Cody, 28, of Lewisham, will play a national water polo league match in his home state for the first time in more than a decade. Picture: SAM ROSEWARNEFOR the first time in more than a decade, Stephen Cody has been given the chance to showcase his talents in front of family and friends.The former Australian water polo representative left Tasmania as a teenager to pursue his dream when handed a scholarship at the Institute of Sport in Canberra.He joined the University of NSW Wests Magpies ..>> view originalPolar flights highlight our gateway status
A C-17A Globemaster sits at Wilkins Aerodrome in Antarctica. The Australian Antarctic Division and Royal Australian Air Force have successfully flown a joint operational mission to East Antarctica, with a C-17A Globemaster III delivering heavy lift cargo to Wilkins Aerodrome in support of the Australian Antarctic program. Picture: AAP/RAAFRAAF trial flights to Antarctica have wound up, with more than 100 tonnes of cargo delivered to Australia’s expeditioners.The Royal Australian Airforce made fi..>> view originalVictorian walkers flown to safety in Hobart
The Westpac Rescue chopper was called out earlier today to airlift two Victorian bushwalkers from the remote South Coast Track.TWO bushwalkers from Victoria have been winched to safety from Tasmania’s remote South Coast Track.The alarm was raised after a personal locator beacon was activated at Granite Beach about 6.30am today.The Westpac Rescue helicopter found the two Victorian men, both aged in their 40s, with an Ambulance Tasmania paramedic and a Police Rescue crewmen winched down to the sce..>> view originalThe future of air travel is here
Qantas flies to San Francisco (pictured) and Dallas-Fort Worth in the US.IMAGINE stepping out of a train, taxi or car at the airport, and simply dropping your tagged bag into a shute. As it’s shunted to a bag factory for sorting, scanning and conveyor belt delivery to your flight, you walk through a single security checkpoint combined with a SmartGate.While your hand luggage is X-rayed, you slip your passport into the departures SmartGate and walk through a body scanner, collecting your bag on t..>> view originalBailey, Lynn go big in Premier Cricket
George Bailey and Chris Lynn have each smashed huge scores in the Premier Cricket competitions in Brisbane and Hobart respectively. Both batsmen may have missed out on national selection for next month's World T20 tournament in India, but they gave devastating illustrations of their power-hitting in a couple of rollicking innings, Bailey making 202 and Lynn 185. On a day when Michael Clarke's grade cricket comeback in Sydney was supposed to grab the headlines, it was Bailey and Lynn who stole ..>> view originalHail, Caesar! review: Coen brothers' Hollywood farce strains to find ...
George Clooney plays actor Baird Whitlock, who gets kidnapped in Hail, Caesar!. Photo: Universal HAIL, CAESAR! PG, 106 minutes, opens February 25 Directors: Joel and Ethan Coen Stars: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum ★★★ Movie session times Full movies coverage The 17th feature film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen is a sly, dry period comedy, a farce with no force, set inside the final years of the Hollywood studio system. Scarlett Johansson i..>> view originalMooney a ray of sunshine in Stars defeat
It wasn't the start the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars had hoped for across the Tasman, but there was one major positive to come out of their loss to New Zealand in the first ODI on Saturday. Called into the Southern Stars playing XI when it became clear Alyssa Healy's strained left hamstring was not match-ready, Beth Mooney starred both with the bat and behind the stumps in the nail-biting nine-run defeat. Quick single: Stars stumble against red-hot White Ferns While the batting troubles tha..>> view originalDrunks face fines and bans
The Liquour and Gaming division of Treasury has outlined possible ways new liquor licensing laws could operate. Tasmania Police support the new laws.DRUNKS who ignore orders barring them from pubs, clubs and entertainment precincts could soon face $7700 fines.The Liquour and Gaming division of Treasury has outlined possible ways new liquor licensing laws could operate.Under the new laws police and licensees would be able to ban patrons from entering pubs and clubs for six months.The person would..>> view originalAnother successful year for Geographe Bay Race Week
The entry list read like a bride’s wedding wear: something old (Wilson), something new (Napea), something borrowed (Plan B) and something blue (Bird on a Wire). The Club Marine Geographe Bay Race Week included the usual variety of craft in a mix of divisions that ensured good competition all round. For the second successive year, IRC owners voted with their feet. Having agitated some years ago for a pure IRC division, it seems now to be too hard and the two IRC divisions yielded a disappointi..>> view original
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