Read more Sydney stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11488/sydney.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:37:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72340/aussie-bridge-has-a-cow-man.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAustralians will get up close and personal with their breakfast on Sunday when 15 cows and a football field’s worth of turf take over the Sydney Harbour Bridge for a picnic. The cows and grass are part of “Breakfast on the Bridge,” an event that showcases regional produce. Ticketholders will...http://www.newser.com/story/72340/aussie-bridge-has-a-cow-man.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 13:44:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70050/red-dust-blankets-sydney.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRed dust blowing in from the Australian Outback covered Sydney today, snarling air travel and forcing locals to don masks to venture outdoors. “It’s like a nuclear winter morning,” one visitor told Bloomberg; the state government called air quality “hazardous.” Visibility was under 50 feet in some areas of the...http://www.newser.com/story/70050/red-dust-blankets-sydney.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 20:36:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68743/jacko-glove-sells-for-49k.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne of Michael Jackson’s jewel-encrusted gloves sold for $49,000 in an Australian auction, Reuters reports. The glove, which was the first to go up for sale since Jackson died in June, sold for nearly twice what the Bonhams and Goodman auction house expected. "There was a huge amount of...http://www.newser.com/story/68743/jacko-glove-sells-for-49k.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 06 Sep 2009 12:49:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68596/out-of-shape-crowe-bests-journo-in-bike-duel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAussie gossip columnist Annette Sharp had to face down a challenge from Russell Crowe the day after she mocked the Gladiator star for puffing on cigarettes during a Sydney bike ride and chowing down on tacos, she writes for Australia's News Network. "Get on your bike," the star's spokesman told...http://www.newser.com/story/68596/out-of-shape-crowe-bests-journo-in-bike-duel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Sep 2009 1:53:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68454/blanchett-bloodied-in-stage-accident.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCate Blanchett left the stage of a Sydney performance of A Streetcar Named Desire with a bloodied head after a prop mishap, the Telegraph reports. A co-star charged with throwing a radio out of window during a fight “sort of slipped and hit her in the head,” an audience member...http://www.newser.com/story/68454/blanchett-bloodied-in-stage-accident.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 14:37:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64614/aussie-snipers-guard-penguins.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSharpshooters with night-vision goggles have been dispatched to protect a penguin colony near Sydney, Australia, the BBC reports. The mutilated bodies of nine fairy penguins—the world's smallest penguin species at just 15 inches high—from the vulnerable colony have been found over the last two weeks. Wildlife officials have...http://www.newser.com/story/64614/aussie-snipers-guard-penguins.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Jul 2009 4:23:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57137/cops-seek-help-with-grisly-murder-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAustralian police, frustrated by the lack of leads in the 2008 murder of a Chinese immigrant, have released photos showing the 34-year-old’s grisly death, Reuters reports. Chen Liu was shot 34 times in the head and neck with a high-powered nail gun before his body was dumped in a Sydney...http://www.newser.com/story/57137/cops-seek-help-with-grisly-murder-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Apr 2009 13:43:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57076/aussie-pageant-teen-dangerously-thin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHealth experts are sounding the alarm over a dangerously underweight Australian beauty contestant in the Miss Universe pageant in Sydney, reports the Telegraph . Observers were stunned by the protruding bones of 19-year-old Stephanie Naumoska, who stands 5 foot 11 and weighs just 108 pounds. "There appears to be significant muscle...http://www.newser.com/story/57076/aussie-pageant-teen-dangerously-thin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Apr 2009 3:30:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54642/its-lights-out-for-earth-hour.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEarth Hour is under way. The annual event in which cities around the world dim their lights for an hour at 8:30pm local time kicked off in Sydney, Australia, the Age reports. China's Bird's Nest stadium, London's Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, the Vatican, and the Empire State Building...http://www.newser.com/story/54642/its-lights-out-for-earth-hour.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 28 Mar 2009 10:44:18 CDT