Brianne Tolj

1 week ago | nz.news.yahoo.com | Brianne Tolj

An Aussie woman has made an astonishing ancient discovery in the backyard of her inner-city rental home. During one particularly rainy day earlier this month, the Sydney renter noticed an “unusual” pattern emerge on a large, heavy rock propped up in her garden. “It was quite dirty so it wasn’t until it washed off a bit that I went ‘oh, it’s got something on it’,” the woman, who wished to remain anonymous, told Yahoo News.

1 week ago | nz.news.yahoo.com | Brianne Tolj

As temperatures began to drop last month, a young Sydney woman rolled up a sleeve for her annual flu vaccination. Hoping to dodge the contagious illness as cases spike around the country, Mikaela could never have predicted the battle she was soon going to endure. Just weeks later, she was struck down by influenza, and despite having had the flu several times before, this would prove to be by far the worst. “It was actually quite shocking how bad it was,” the 23-year-old told Yahoo News.

1 week ago | nz.news.yahoo.com | Brianne Tolj

Various species of whales are putting on a show for eager spectators as they move along the east and west coasts of Australia, with the annual migration now in full swing. A group of tourists were treated to an incredible spectacle when they were gathered on rocks at Cheynes Beach, a popular stop-off for caravanners on Western Australia’s south coast, hoping to catch a glimpse of at least one of the animal’s leaping out of the water.

1 week ago | nz.news.yahoo.com | Brianne Tolj

A grim video has emerged of what some locals have deemed a “death trap” in the middle of a busy Aussie highway, prompting a surprise response from road authorities. Dean Arthurell was recently travelling on the Tonkin Highway near Ellenbrook, a suburb about 30 minutes north of Perth, when he saw several endangered black Carnaby’s cockatoos feasting on banksias planted in the fenced centre refuge.

1 week ago | nz.news.yahoo.com | Brianne Tolj

With the rain pelting on his back and a torch in one hand, Bren Abbott-Hammel waded through the deep floodwaters at his family’s caravan park late on Thursday night last week, banging on vans and urging those still inside to evacuate. In a scene that was all too familiar, the Weeroona Holiday Park in Manning Point, on NSW’s Mid North Coast, was underwater for the second time in a little over four years.