The owner of a historic hotel in Australia found a gold nugget in a fireplace that's worth about $4,600.

An Australia-bound Qantas Boeing 747 returned to San Francisco this morning after suffering a problem with one of its engines. The San Francisco ...

The line says the 1,814-passenger Celebrity Century will head to Australia instead of sailing out of the city in 2011.

Los Angeles International (LAX) already has the most Airbus A380 service of any U.S. airport. Now, it's about to get more courtesy of Australian ...

Will the iPad replace waiters and waitresses someday? A hotel restaurant in Australia last week ditched its printed menus and replaced them with ...

At least one airline hopes so. Australian low-cost carrier JetStar plans to make the iPad the center of a new in-flight entertainment program, ...

Andrew and Debbie Jackman of Britain spent more than two years saving up for their family vacation to Australia. They probably wish they'd saved ...

Australian actress Toni Collette won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Tara Gregson on Showtime's United States ...

Doug Slater won the most votes in an online poll and will ferry passengers to the top 11 tourist sites in Western Australia .

Australia is the sixth largest country in the world, which means it's about the same size as the 48 mainland states of the USA and 50 percent larger than Europe.  Nonetheless, it has the lowest population density in the world - only two people per square kilometer.  Australia is the only nation to govern an entire continent and its outlying islands. The mainland is the largest island and the world’s smallest, flattest continent and boasts a vibrant history of battlers, bushrangers and brave soldiers, sporting heroes, working heroes and plucky migrants. It’s ...