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| UpdatedIt's always distressing and tragic when we hear a report of shark attack. But what is the actual likelihood of dying due to a shark encounter in Australia and how concerned should you be?
Topics: offbeat, human-interest, lifestyle, lifestyle-and-leisure, community-and-society, death, australia, vic
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Food and drink prices at Adelaide Oval remain at a "ridiculous" level and a recent reduction of between 10 to 30 cents is an insult, punters say, ahead of the international T20 match tonight.
Topics: community-and-society, alcohol, lifestyle-and-leisure, food-and-cooking, adelaide-5000, sa
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More people are hitching up the caravan and travelling around Australia with kids, such as the Willett family from Bundaberg who took four kids around the country for 18 months.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, bundaberg-4670
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Not everyone is happy about a newly-opened cafe on Mount Wellington in Tasmania, located at the site of the historic chalet that burnt down in the 1967 Black Tuesday fires.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, hobart-7000, tas
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Rusting and unseaworthy boats that linger on Sydney Harbour and leak oil and fuel are threatening marine life and waterways, according to environmental and marine advocates.
Topics: environmental-impact, lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, environmental-management, human-interest, water-pollution, sydney-2000
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As if riding a unicycle wasn't hard enough, try riding one up and down a mountain.
Topics: lifestyle-and-leisure, offbeat, human-interest, sport, act, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedWhen a large goanna ran into a busy restaurant, a young waitress on a working holiday from France dragged the reptile out by the tail.
Topics: animals, human-interest, offbeat, travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, community-and-society, tathra-2550, bermagui-2546, france
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Walking an extra 4,300 steps or about 40 minutes every day can mean less days in hospital for older Australians and reduced risk of cancer, new research shows.
Topics: health, exercise-and-fitness, lifestyle-and-leisure, cancer, older-people, sydney-2000, newcastle-2300
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| UpdatedSheep racing is part of a unique attempt to draw a crowd to a tiny Tasmanian town an hour's drive north of Hobart.
Topics: lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, rural-tourism, kempton-7030, tas
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| UpdatedAlan Leishman has spent 30 years catching and recording birds in the Australian Botanic Garden, and has not only honed his talent for mimicking their chirps, but has witnessed the effects of climate change and industrial development.
Topics: animal-science, birds, environment, environmental-impact, lifestyle-and-leisure, people, human-interest, sydney-2000
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There are expectations a new TAFE course on cultural tourism will get more Indigenous people in far-west New South Wales employed in the industry.
Topics: indigenous-culture, rural-tourism, rural-youth, education, lifestyle-and-leisure, community-and-society, work, travel-and-tourism, broken-hill-2880
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| UpdatedHere is a selection of photos sent in by ABC Open audience members from around Australia.
Topics: photography, visual-art, lifestyle-and-leisure, rural, regional, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedGilmore, Grenda, Morgan, Sloane, Hodskiss and more — these guys don't know how to stop.
Topics: sport, cycling, community-and-society, aged-care, lifestyle-and-leisure, carrick-7291, launceston-7250
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Two king penguin chicks have been born in a breeding program on the Gold Coast.
Topics: animals, animal-science, lifestyle-and-leisure, zoos, conservation, southport-4215
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Topics: agribusiness, lifestyle-and-leisure, coolah-2843
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| UpdatedAlbury's Wagirra Trail project team is keen to increase the amount of Aboriginal language they use on the Yindyamarra Sculpture Walk.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, history, community-and-society, travel-and-tourism, local-government, lifestyle-and-leisure, sculpture, environment, albury-2640
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The dining experience might be Italian, but an Adelaide restaurant hopes translating its menu into Chinese will entice more foreign tourists to dine there.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, adelaide-5000, sa, china
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| UpdatedA West Australian company hopes to crack into Australia's lucrative wellness market with what they hope will be the next super food to take health conscious consumers by storm — lupin flakes.
Topics: health, food-and-cooking, lifestyle-and-leisure, wa, australia
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| UpdatedNearly a third of Australian pharmacists are recommending complementary medicine products that are not supported by hard evidence — so why are chemists stocking them and do your herbal supplements actually work?
Topics: vitamins, health, diet-and-nutrition, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle-and-leisure, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australia
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| UpdatedSome passengers on a stranded luxury cruise ship that was towed back to Melbourne express their frustrations over disrupted travel plans, while others have taken the delay in their stride.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, melbourne-3000, new-zealand
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Men aged 40 and over account for 75 per cent of all motorbike deaths in Queensland, with the latest police figures challenging the notion that young men are the biggest risk.
Topics: road, people, grief, lifestyle-and-leisure, safety-education, brisbane-4000, mount-nebo-4520, qld
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| UpdatedHere is a selection of photos sent in by ABC Open audience members from around Australia.
Topics: photography, arts-and-entertainment, visual-art, community-and-society, regional, rural, lifestyle-and-leisure, australia
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| UpdatedAn Alice Springs man reignites his passion for eating insects after heavy rains in Central Australia brought swarms of hoppers in to feast on the fresh green grass.
Topics: lifestyle-and-leisure, food-and-cooking, human-interest, alice-springs-0870
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| UpdatedA tropical low has delivered the second wettest day on record for the city of Karratha in WA's north.
Topics: floods, rainfall, weather, lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, karratha-6714, broome-6725, exmouth-6707, onslow-6710, port-hedland-6721, roebourne-6718