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Sydney school kids escape from burning bus

Sydney: Coastal dining from the heavens

A flight across Sydney harbour takes Leah McLennan to tempting restaurants that specialise in l-o-n-g lunches.

Sydney: In bloom

The Australian Garden Show Sydney was designed to challenge the supremacy of the Chelsea Garden Show as the world’s leading event for horticulturists. They do think big in Australia.

NSW woman charged in dance school probe

Australia: The search for southern gold

Intense heat and bushfires didn't stop Wynne Gray from finding some great food.

Sydney: Newtown offers a taste of Melbourne

To a newly minted Newtownian, the lively strip feels one-part Brunswick Street, one-part Sydney Road.

High price for too much post-rugby celebration

Some of the thousands of British and Irish Lions fans descending on Sydney this weekend for the third and final, decisive rugby test against the Wallabies could find themselves spending the night in "sobering-up centres".

New South Wales: Thomas on the line

Railway museum stays on track by fusing history with fun, says Vincent Morello.

Miranda Kerr working it Down Under

Australia: All aboard

Make sure your kids are calm when you arrive to Australia's largest railway museum.

New South Wales: Sydney's seedy underbelly bared

Crime and corruption riddle the Cross, writes Carol Smith.

Creepy showbiz in Sydney

Carol Smith catches up on the "evilution" of the spooky TV family, brought to life in Sydney's Capitol Theatre.

Sydney: Grab a bite and soak up views

Beachside is best in Sydney, finds Jo Bates.

Racing: Kent hoping for the best

Victorian horseman Mick Kent has his promising young stayers Philippi and High Shot on a well-deserved Australian Derby path.

NSW: She finds seashells

One can be romantic about the good old fashioned road trip. There are no plans, no timetables and no worries. Never knowing which outcome you'll be handed though is all part of the fun.

Four dead in Australian helicopter crash

Bondi beach scene buzzes

Jo Bates finds an unkempt, easy beauty in Australia's famous Bondi neighbourhood.

Sydney police hunt Kiwi's killer

Sydney police are hunting an "armed and dangerous" man after former Whangarei man Lance Hargreaves was stabbed to death near the factory at which he worked.