STORY: :: Sydney welcomes 2025 with a spectacular fireworks display :: January 1, 2025 :: Sydney, Australia There were 40,000 ground-based shooting effects and 264 firing locations across the Sydney Harbour Bridge up from 184 last year, with four aerial pyrotechnic platforms introduced as additional firing locations between the Bridge and Sydney Opera House, according […]
The men were hit in the head by booms on their yachts in separate episodes, as participants faced challenging weather conditions, the police said.
Two people taking part in Australia’s annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race have died in separate incidents, according to police. Both crew members died in separate incidents after being hit by a boom – the large pole attached horizontally to the bottom of a sail. The event’s organisers said the incidents happened on the Flying […]
The Sydney Marathon has joined the ranks of New York, Boston, Chicago, London, Berlin and Tokyo, receiving a designation reserved for the most elite races in the world.
An Aboriginal protester has been arrested at the Sydney Opera House as crowds await a glimpse of the King and Queen on the final day of their tour in Australia. Throngs of people have packed the harbourside forecourt, where the royal couple are due to visit on Tuesday afternoon. Wayne Wharton, a prominent Indigenous activist […]
AFP The clean-up on Coogee Beach on Thursday Beaches in the Australian city of Sydney have reopened for swimmers after being closed earlier this week when thousands of mysterious black tar-like balls washed ashore, prompting health concerns. Officials say tests found the balls to be formed from chemicals similar to those in cosmetics and cleaning […]
