Peter Clohessy’s going. So is Brent Pope. Mick Galwey has his tickets, and Alan Quinlan is on board. Anytime is a good time to travel to Australia, but for rugby fans, the 2013 Lions Tour is something else entirely. As holidays go, this is once-in-a-lifetime stuff.

A 10ft shark attacked a children’s regatta in southern Australia in a terrifying incident that could have come from the film Jaws.

Sixteen people were injured and several were trapped when a pole supporting a chairlift in south-eastern Australia collapsed today, emergency workers said.