Early one evening in 1892, four experienced stockmen were relaxing by the river, doing a spot of fishing after a hard day in the saddle mustering cattle, when someone, or something, began throwing stones at them. What followed was a terrifying night for the four stockmen, as they were stalked through the bush for hours…
In the winter of 1935, sightings of sea serpents were reported right along the scenic coastline of western Victoria in Australia’s chilly southern waters. Following a sighting by two boys in June, two fishermen in a boat 300 kilometres away were terrorised by a sea serpent a month later. They resorted to shooting at it…
Reputable witnesses swearing by their sightings, tantalising but ultimately inconclusive evidence, enthusiastic search teams out scouring the wilderness, outlandish claims by dubious characters of creatures captured or killed, and a scientific community stubbornly unwilling to take seriously the possibility that some hairy hominid may just be living within our midst … sounds like the search…
In July 2011, a saltwater crocodile was found wandering a main street in the tourist city of Cairns in Far North Queensland. A ranger and several police wrestled the wayward croc with broom handles and a towel before loading it into a car and whisking it away. Australia certainly has its fair share of fearsome…
During October and November 2011, Australia’s capital city, Canberra, played host to such international dignitaries as Queen Elizabeth II, President Obama and the Crown Prince and Princess of Denmark. While Canberra, a city built in a sheep paddock halfway between Sydney and Melbourne, may be best known for its very public political brawls and very…
As a sequel to last week’s post on 19th century encounters with the hairy man of the Blue Mountains, this week weirdaustralia explores more recent close encounters with what we now commonly refer to as the yowie. Such encounters are regularly reported up and down Australia’s eastern seaboard, from the far south coast of New…
