Last Top Stories: Rare double from mother nature lights up Tasmania's skies and waters

Rare double from mother nature lights up Tasmania's skies and waters

On their own, the neon-blue patches lighting up the night waters of the River Derwent in Tasmania would usually be a show stopper. But mother nature has put on a rare double, with a light show taking place in the water complemented by the Aurora ... >> view original

Tasmanian waters glow blue with bioluminescent phytoplankton

HOBART, Australia, May 21 (UPI) -- Visitors to the River Derwent in Australia captured photos and videos of bioluminescent phytoplankton making the water glow electric blue at night. Photographers visiting beaches in the area around Hobart, Tasmania ... >> view original

Hobart's Peg Man spends five years making artwork from more than 30000 pegs

"I was just chatting and playing around with these pegs and I just sort of pieced them together in this pattern and I thought, 'yeah that would look really cool extrapolated out' and that was where it started," Mr Ariston said on 936 ABC Hobart with ... >> view original

Bohemian Lily gives Gai Waterhouse victory in Roses at Doomben

Gai Waterhouse and Blake Shinn combined for a runaway win with Pornichet in the Doomben Cup a couple old weeks ago and Bohemian Lily gave similar exhibition in the Roses on Saturday. The filly will back up in the Queensland Oaks next week, where ... >> view original

State of Origin - Die-hard Blues fans switching allegiance to Maroons as colour ...

Arabella Douglas grew up supporting New South Wales in State of Origin. Her family have always looked south from Tweed Heads for work, for education and for sport. "Sydney is your reference point even though Brisbane is only an hour away," she says. >> view original

Parramatta to challenge NRL rulings over salary cap breaches

Manu Ma'u celebrates with Eels teammates after scoring a try in the match against South Sydney at ANZ Stadium on Friday. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images. Australian Associated Press. Saturday 23 May 2015 02.10 EDT. Share on Facebook ... >> view original

West Coast beats St Kilda by 53 points at Docklands, to close in on league ...

West Coast Eagles have won their fifth match in a row, defeating St Kilda by 53 points at Docklands to pull within a game of league leaders Fremantle. SCOREBOARD: STK v WCE. 12.6 (78). St Kilda v. West Coast. 20.11 (131). at Docklands, May 23 2015. >> view original

How the Port Adelaide Football Club brought the Cornes brothers together

CHAD Cornes can't even remember what the stink was about. To this day, can't recall exactly what triggered it. “But Kane definitely copped it, that's for sure,” Cornes says. “It was over nothing, really. He might've borrowed a T-shirt or something stupid like that. >> view original

Crucial clash for Waratahs and Crusaders

The NSW Waratahs are wary of a vengeful and surging Crusaders side heading into tonight's crucial Super Rugby clash. Down in ninth, the Crusaders are five points behind the sixth-placed Waratahs, but are renowned for their late season surges - they ... >> view original

Australian veterans chase elusive away Ashes win

"One of the last final things to really tick off for a few of us older guys is an Ashes win away from home," Shane Watson said. (Getty Images). Sydney: Veteran allrounder Shane Watson on Friday said winning a first Ashes away series since 2001 was a huge ... >> view original