Miranda Kerr Promotes New David Jones Brands in Sydney
Jul 29th
Native Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr is in Sydney this week promoting department store David Jones’ latest fashion brands.
Wearing a red-hot lace dress by Lover, 28-year-old Kerr surprised shoppers at the Elizabeth Street store to speak at a press conference about David Jones’ latest merchandise, which includes 60 new brands. “We’ve got some great new labels,” the spokeswoman reporters at the event. “It’s light and fresh, there’s lots of colour, there’s animal print and of course, white is definitely a must this season.” More >
Sydney helicopter crash bodies recovered
Jul 23rd
The helicopter that crashed into bushland on Sydney’s north shore was serviced less than two weeks before a fatal accident killed two men.
The bodies of Bruce Campbell, the 65-year-old founder of a western Sydney cement mixer business, and freelance pilot Colin Greenwood, 35, were retrieved on Saturday afternoon.
They died on Friday morning when a seven-seater Bell 206 crashed near a 15-metre cliff at the edge of Lane Cove National Park in bad weather.
Qantas forced to send new plane for Springboks
Jul 16th
A QANTAS flight carrying the South African rugby team was forced to turn around two hours into its journey from Johannesburg to Sydney after one of its engines malfunctioned.
Australian passenger Mark Sowerby said he was glad to be back on the ground after the incident on Friday.
”It wasn’t much fun at all, it was a pretty ordinary experience,” the Brisbane business executive said. ”I was on the exit row so I could see the engine.
Another Kiwi sensation sets Sydney scene alight
Jul 10th
JAMES McDonald, the teenage riding sensation, showed why he is rated the best apprentice jockey to come out of New Zealand since Shane Dye with a brilliant winning double on Kiss ‘N Chase and Gybe at Randwick yesterday.
The champion apprentice had never ridden on the famous Sydney racetrack before but it didn’t stop him from finding the right run to guide Kiss ‘N Chase home a convincing winner of the Stacks Goudkamp Handicap (1400m) and then partner Gybe to her courageous win in the Rob Woodruff Handicap (1200m).
Sydney punters got their first opportunity to see McDonald’s talents – but it might not be the last.
Collingwood’s guns ready to fire against Sydney
Jun 24th
COLLINGWOOD coach Mick Malthouse says he expects gun midfielders Dane Swan and Dale Thomas to be fit, firing and rejuvenated when they face Sydney at ANZ Stadium tonight.
Swan returned from a mid-season training camp in Arizona last weekend that saw him miss the Queen’s Birthday game, while Thomas watched the clash with Melbourne from the stands because of his one-match suspension for striking Saint Clint Jones.
Malthouse said his star midfielders were in need of the break and both had trained strongly this week as a result of the time off.
Sydney FC snare seasoned Dutch defender
Jun 17th
Sydney FC have signed vastly-experienced Dutchman Pascal Bosschaart to further bolster their A-League defence.
Bosschaart, a 31-year-old central defender with over 350 appearances in Holland’s top league to his name, has signed a one-year deal for the 2011-12 season.
He will join fellow recruits Michael Beauchamp (Melbourne Heart) and Jamie Coyne (Perth Glory) in a Sydney FC defensive unit which also features former Socceroo Scott Jamieson and Young Socceroo Sebastian Ryall.
Audi Winter Series 2011 drama on Sydney Harbour
Jun 12th
Audi Winter Series has become Australia’s largest ongoing series, with fleets averaging 140 plus boats last year. Every Sunday morning crews can head onto the water in one of the 10 proposed divisions.
For those lucky or unlucky enough to have wangled their way out of the family camping trip this long weekend, More >
Australian’s single city women forced to look for love
May 28th
Single women in Australia’s major cities are being forced to head into the country in search of love because of a “man drought” that is gripping metropolitan areas.
In the latest example of how difficult it has become for women in their late twenties and early thirties to find an eligible man in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, a dating agency has started sending busloads of single women out to country towns, where the ratio of men to women is far more favourable. More >
Sydney FC turn to rugby league for new CEO
May 20th
Sydney FC appointed rugby league administrator Dirk Melton as their new chief executive on Friday, hoping he can improve their position in Australia’s crowded sports market.
Once considered the glamour team of the A league, Sydney had a terrible season as champions, finishing ninth out of 11 teams this term, and playing in front of dwindling crowds of under 10,000 at their 45,500-seater ground.
They exited the Asian Champions League in the group stage after winning one of six matches.
Carlton Blues halt Sydney harbour hoodoo
Apr 29th
IT was a slugfest worthy of a heavyweight title bout.
But it was a bantamweight named Eddie Betts, who had been threatened with a spell at Carlton’s VFL affiliate Northern Bullants, who went from villain to hero in a week.
It was Betts’s four goals that proved the difference, bringing to a close Carlton’s 18 winters of discontent in the harbour city.
The last time the Carlton song was sung at the SCG was in round seven of the 1993 season.
