Adventures in Australia

There are many ways to explore Australia, but a spirit of adventure will take you to places and vista points unfamiliar to most who toe the tourist line, Raymond Zhou discovers. You can see more sights with a package tour, but you’ll be rewarded with a more unforgettable experience if you get more adventurous. When…

Another Australian tested for Ebola virus

Another Australian who had just returned from west Africa has been admitted to hospital on Tuesday suffering Ebola-like symptoms. A spokesperson for Perth’s Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Western Australia confirmed in a statement that one patient is being tested for Ebola. The hospitalization follows two previous cases, one involving a baby who this week…

Australia facing “tidal wave of liver disease”

Australia is facing a Hepatitis ” crisis-in-waiting” with half of all Australians living with hepatitis B or hepatitis C now within the “liver danger-zone” with serious liver disease scratching at the surface, according to a new report released Monday, the World Hepatitis Day.   Australian experts have made a bold call to arms with the…

El Nino may occur by the end of the year

According to Yahoo Taiwan, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said that El Nino, a phenomenon that triggers extreme weathers around the world may occur at the end of the year.   UN’s WMO said that there is a 80 percent chance El Nino will occur between October to November. And there is a 60 percent that…

Australia plans to kill 1,600 kangaroos

The Australian government plans to kill more than 1,600 kangaroos this year in order to maintain the ecological balance and to control the number of kangaroos, according to Yahoo Taiwan.   However, the plan was opposed by some animal protection groups, they noted that there is not enough evidence to show that killing kangaroos can…

17-mln year old sperm found in Australia

Scientists in Australia have announced their findings of the oldest fossilized sperm cell, believed to be 17 million years old, reports Yahoo Taiwan.   The scientists who made this discovery in northern Riversleigh in Queensland State found the sperm cells at the Riversleigh fossil dig site. The sperm cell belongs to a species of tiny…