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About weirdaustralia

Andrew Nicholson brings you all that's weird in Oz. UFOs, yowies, ghosts and hauntings, strange disappearances, out of place artefacts & everything paranormal in Australia. Email your stories to weirdaustralia@bigpond.com Follow on twitter @weirdaustralia

Bunyip of Thargomindah: Mystery animal caught in a media circus

Posted on June 8, 2013

Weird Australia: Real Reports of Uncanny Creatures, Strange Sightings & Extraordinary Encounters now available on Kindle just $2.99. On 2 August 1941, the Courier Mail broke the news that for several months, a mysterious creature had been sighted lurking in Lake … Continue reading →

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The Great Serpent of the Mallee Scrub

Posted on May 26, 2013

Weird Australia: Real Reports of Uncanny Creatures, Strange Sightings & Extraordinary Encounters now available on Kindle just $2.99. Throughout 1847, the elusive aquatic monster known as the Bunyip was causing somewhat of a sensation across Australia. It all began when famed … Continue reading →

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Coalbaggie haunting: Disembodied voices, fleeting apparitions & spiteful spirits

Posted on April 19, 2013

Weird Australia: Real Reports of Uncanny Creatures, Strange Sightings & Extraordinary Encounters now available on Kindle $2.99. Around 1891, Peter Stein, a “hard headed, practical, frugal German,” sold his property at Wagga Wagga, packed up his family, including his adult … Continue reading →

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Mystery big cats roaming 1930s Gippsland district

Posted on March 26, 2013

Weird Australia: Real Reports of Uncanny Creatures, Strange Sightings & Extraordinary Encounters now available on Kindle $5.99. During the 1930s in Victoria’s Gippsland district, mystery beasts of the feline kind were said to be slinking and stalking through the thick undergrowth. … Continue reading →

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Yowie killed on the road to Cooma in 1893?

Posted on February 5, 2013

Weird Australia: Real Reports of Uncanny Creatures, Strange Sightings & Extraordinary Encounters now available on Kindle $5.99. While delivering his goods to the Southern Tablelands township of Captain’s Flat, Braidwood cordial maker Arthur Marrin’s dog suddenly ran out from the bushes … Continue reading →

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Australia’s most intriguing UFO cases

Posted on February 1, 2013

Weird Australia: Real Reports of Uncanny Creatures, Strange Sightings & Extraordinary Encounters now available on Kindle $5.99. From the mid-19th century through to recent times, Australia has had its share of compelling UFO reports. This week, weirdaustralia takes a look at … Continue reading →

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The Yahoo, Gubri Man, Hoori Woman & Rock Dog

Posted on January 21, 2013

Weird Australia: Real Reports of Uncanny Creatures, Strange Sightings & Extraordinary Encounters now available on Kindle $5.99. “As far back as I can remember, the yarn of the Hairy Man was told in the Blue Mountain district of New South Wales. … Continue reading →

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Panther sighting while Sydney celebrates NYE: It looked like Mike Tyson

Posted on January 11, 2013

Weird Australia: Real Reports of Uncanny Creatures, Strange Sightings & Extraordinary Encounters now available on Kindle $5.99. Around dusk on 31 December 2012, while nearly one million people jostled for vantage points around Sydney Harbour for the world famous New Year’s … Continue reading →

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The Wild Man of Western Port: As big as a man & covered with hair

Posted on January 3, 2013

Weird Australia: Real Reports of Uncanny Creatures, Strange Sightings & Extraordinary Encounters now available on Kindle $5.99. Western Port, a large tidal bay just an hour’s drive to the east of Australia’s second most populous city, Melbourne, is today home to … Continue reading →

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Weird Australia: Real Reports of Uncanny Creatures, Strange Sightings & Extraordinary Encounters

Posted on December 12, 2012

Now available on Kindle Through real reports from the earliest days of European settlement to more recent times, we delve into all things mysterious and unexplained – from eyewitness accounts of the hairy man, sea serpents and big cats to … Continue reading →

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