Australia Travel News 03/07/2011

ONE of the strongest La Niña's on record has ensured summer 2010-11 has been the second wettest on record for Australia.

FIRST came the milk war — now the nation's egg farmers have joined the dairy industry to battle the major supermarket chains over heavy discounting of free range eggs.

AUSTRALIA has more women in senior management jobs than the global average, but it is still streets behind the world's forerunner, Thailand.

Michael Hussey's World Cup dream has been realised after the selectors named him as the replacement player for the injured Doug Bollinger. However, they have decided to cover all their bases by flying Dirk Nannes to India to train with the squad as a standby player, in case of an unexpected injury or illness in their bowling stocks.

Sydney has a beauty that is simply acknowledged in a sentence. Such as “Sydney has a simply stunning setting, full stop”. Or otherwise it is the subject of a voluminous and much-pictured book!

TELEVISION host and seasoned adventurer Bear Grylls says the floods in Queensland and the Christchurch earthquake will make people stronger.

JULIA GILLARD is off on her first visit to Washington as Prime Minister as the United States watches Australia's move to introduce a carbon price.

ARE they all wrong? The IMF, the OECD and now, ladies and gentlemen, those anonymous analysts at The Economist who have branded Australia ''the most overvalued housing market in the world''?

A MELBOURNE man doing his bit for Clean Up Australia Day has died after getting into trouble while scuba diving.

Sri Lanka are toying with the idea of throwing in all three of their spinners into the XI for their match against Australia on Saturday, which is expected to see a full house of 35,000 spectators at the R Premadasa Stadium.

Visitors who adhere to a strict gluten-free diet won't be left hanging in Sydney, because several fine dining establishments and even local burger joints serve up a range of gluten-free dishes all over the Harbor City.

Two companies in Australia have developed a beer that can be safely consumed in space.