Julie Power

Julie Power is a reporter for Fairfax Media

Leap of faith: Some believe that it's the one day of the year when a woman can ask a man for his hand in marriage.

Don't worry, you will get paid on the leap day

Instead of calling Monday, February 29, a leap day, the one year in every four with 366 days, we should call it loopy leap day full of wacky traditions, tall stories, difficult mathematics and curve balls.