A video of Aussie tourist Erin Langworthy's miraculous survival following a fall into crocodile-infested waters after the cord snapped while she was bungee jumping in Zambia has been posted on YouTube.
Erin Langworthy makes a splash as she plummets into the Zambezi River after her bungee cord breaks during her jump in Victoria Falls. Image grabbed from video footage taken at the scene. (Reuters/Nine Network via Reuters TV/Screengrab)
A video of Aussie tourist Erin Langworthy's miraculous survival following a fall into crocodile-infested waters after the cord snapped while she was bungee jumping in Zambia has been posted on YouTube.
The so-called "whale wars" are heating up in the oceans off Australia, with three Australian anti-whaling activists said to be held captive aboard a Japanese whaling boat.
The ship Steve Irwin, from the fleet of environmental activist group Sea Shepherd, sits at anchor in Gage Roads off Fremantle near Perth on December 7, 2011. (Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images)
The so-called "whale wars" are heating up in the oceans off Australia, with three Australian anti-whaling activists said to be held captive aboard a Japanese whaling boat.
"You only need about THIS much Vegemite on your toast," Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd tells world leaders... Just kidding. Rudd is pictured here on March 10, 2011, during a meeting with his Tunisian counterpart Mouldi Kefi in Tunis. (Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty Images)
A report suggests Vegemite — that spreadable yeast paste that non-Aussies love to hate — will soon become known as "Australia."
A highly poisonous mushroom called a Death Cap pictured in a forest near Schlachtensee Lake in Berlin, Germany on August 15, 2011. Two people died in Australia after eating the mushrooms, which also grow wild there. (Sean Gallup/AFP/Getty Images)
Two people have died after eating poisonous Death Cap mushrooms at a New Year's Eve dinner party in Australia.
A Croatian official who warned "drunken and crazy" young Australians and New Zealanders to stay away from the ancient city of Dubrovnik has reportedly been fired for her lack of "tourism diplomacy."
Tourists enjoy the summer on the main beach of Croatia's central Adriatic resort of Dubrovnik on June 27, 2009. (Hrvoje Polan/AFP/Getty Images)
A Croatian official who warned "drunken and crazy" young Australians and New Zealanders to stay away from the ancient city of Dubrovnik has reportedly been fired for her lack of "tourism diplomacy."
What has many teeth, sits comfortably at the top of the food chain and has a newfound affinity for all types of water environments, warm or decidedly chilly?
Avalon Beach near Sydney, Australia, is closed to the public after a shark attack on a surfer on March 1, 2009. (Ian Waldie/AFP/Getty Images)
What has many teeth, sits comfortably at the top of the food chain and has a newfound affinity for all types of water environments, warm or decidedly chilly?
A young Brisbane resident stands alongside the Brisbane River on Australia day on January 26, 2011 in Brisbane, Australia. The official national day of Australia and is celebrated annually on January 26 to commemorate the arrival of the First Fleet to Sydney in 1788. (Bradley Kanaris/AFP/Getty Images)
A lesser-known city in Australia has joined the world's public transportation big leagues — but not in a good way.
You think you know a little about the typical Aussie, right? Kangaroo-riding, croc-wrestling, beach-dwelling people with a genetic predisposition to having no worries, mate. Okay, so Australia has an abundance of furry — and sometimes fearsome — wildlife, year-round sunshine, and laid-back people. In fact, it's the happiest place on earth, according to a recent OECD report. But it is also a country that routinely locks up asylum seekers, sells its military services to the U.S. and everything else to the Chinese, and worst of all worships that ridiculously long and complex game, cricket. Through Down Under, we invite you to explore both the delights and the darker side of Australia.
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