It's a case of ready, set, mow at the Inverell Speedway, where lawnmowers rather than speeding cars are fast becoming fan favourites.

Gazza is enjoying a quiet beer when he is asked to kill some monsters down at the pub.

Crocs at a Rockhampton reptile farm were flung into the throes of orgiastic ecstasy after a Chinook helicopter hovered low over their pools – and the erotic explosion has researchers very interested.

In 1894, almost a decade before the Wright brothers celebrated the first powered flight, Australian inventor Lawrence Hargrave connected four box kites of his own design, added a seat, and flew 4.8m off the ground, proving it was possible to build a safe, heavier-than-air flying machine.