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| UpdatedA UK photographer captures a rare double lunar rainbow — or moonbow — in skies over northern England, describing the experience as "very odd, and very cool".
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A quirky and unusual unicorn will promote the magical spirit of next year's Adelaide Fringe festival, organisers say.
Topics: carnivals-and-festivals, arts-and-entertainment, visual-art, community-and-multicultural-festivals, awards-and-prizes, human-interest, adelaide-5000, sa, tanunda-5352
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It was once Australia's most advanced cinema but is now just a memory. The Prince of Wales Theatre brought Hollywood to Hobart in the 1940s and '50s.
Topics: film-movies, 20th-century, history, theatre, human-interest, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedBrunch-loving millennials will now be able to have their cake — or indulgent breakfast food in this case — and eat it too, with cafes across Australia introducing discounts on smashed avo to help them save for a house.
Topics: offbeat, human-interest, food-and-beverage, business-economics-and-finance, community-and-society, lifestyle-and-leisure, australia
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| UpdatedRN asked for your stories of childhood imaginary friends. We were inundated with tales of wondrous beings.
Topics: family-and-children, human-interest, australia
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Rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry celebrates his 90th birthday by announcing that his first album of new music in 38 years will be released next year.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, music, human-interest, united-states
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Portraits of a pilot and his parrot, a tattooed ornithologist and a rooster named Elvis light up one of the many empty shopfronts in downtown Darwin.
Topics: photography, fine-art-photography, street-art, people, human-interest, darwin-0800
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Sarbi, the explosive detection dog who was famously lost and found in Afghanistan, is preserved as a key exhibit at the Australian War Memorial.
Topics: library-museum-and-gallery, defence-forces, unrest-conflict-and-war, animals, human-interest, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedThe Air Force flies four New Zealand fur seals from Sea World to Montague Island, where they are released back into southern Australian waters after spending several months recovering on the Gold Coast.
Topics: environmental-management, environmental-health, oceans-and-reefs, endangered-and-protected-species, animals, human-interest, southport-4215, narooma-2546, nsw
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A fear of flying is a strange phobia for a lifelong aviation enthusiast, but the experience of going aloft for the first time is not easily forgotten.
Topics: human-interest, australia, adelaide-5000
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Warnings should precede shock adverts campaigning against crime and poor driving because they are triggering PTSD-like symptoms in victims, a support group says.
Topics: mental-health, advertising, law-crime-and-justice, crime-prevention, community-and-society, domestic-violence, human-interest, sa, adelaide-5000
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The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir is celebrating 25 years of singing its way around the world and through social milestones in the community.
Topics: music, arts-and-entertainment, community-and-society, gays-and-lesbians, human-interest, sydney-2000
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A computer programmer, an engineer, an animator and a filmmaker meet for cake and a chat. It's not a joke, it's the building of a community for women working and studying in STEM.
Topics: women, engineering, science-and-technology, community-and-society, social-capital, human-interest, hobart-7000
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An elderly woman who was trapped in her bath for four days is rescued by police in the UK after a waitress at her favourite cafe notices her absence and raises the alarm.
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| UpdatedWould you let a 10-year-old cut your hair? These kids wouldn't trust themselves to cut their own hair … but these brave strangers do.
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| UpdatedA flamboyant peacock named Percival is helping a Queensland chicken farmer protect his hens from preying animals.
Topics: livestock, rural, poultry-and-egg-production, human-interest, animals, animal-behaviour, maroochydore-4558
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| UpdatedMore than 80 bikes from the personal collection of late actor — and avid cycling fan — Robin Williams are put up for auction, with the money raised to be donated to charities supporting people with disabilities.
Topics: charities, community-and-society, actor, film-movies, human-interest, united-states
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Victorian university students welcome some furry friends onto campuses as a way to deal with student stress.
Topics: animals, human-interest, education, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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A father inspired by a recent Australian film holds a paper plane competition in Brisbane to encourage children to put down their laptops and connect.
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British comedian Bill Bailey, described by some as the most intelligent comedian of his generation, talks to News Breakfast as he embarks on a new Australian tour.
Topics: human-interest, comedy-humour, australia
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Ecologists are calling on residents across Australia to head outside for some birdwatching this week for the annual Aussie Backyard Bird Count.
Topics: birds, environment, science-and-technology, animal-science, mobile-phones, animals, human-interest, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedDespite the Indian Government's promise to cut red tape, and pleading from Australian diplomats, a long-awaited decision is still pending from India's import umpires on whether Australian-grown willow can be used to make cricket bats in India.
Topics: cricket, sport, human-interest, business-economics-and-finance, trade, india, asia, australia, healesville-3777
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The internet thinks quokkas are the happiest animals in the world, but there's more to the "good times with the Rottnest Island quokka" narrative than meets the eye.
Topics: animals, human-interest, mammals, animal-science, science-and-technology, environment, conservation, rottnest-island-6161, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedThailand seeks to dispel any concern about a royal succession after Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn says he will delay his ascension to the throne while he mourns his father.
Topics: royal-and-imperial-matters, human-interest, thailand, asia, pacific