There’s been a surprising spike in Aussies heading to the US after many were deterred by President Donald Trump’s strict border stance and other controversial government policies. According to new data released by the Australian Travel Industry Association (ATIA), travel from Australia to the US increased by 4.8 percent year-on-year and was up 8 percent … Read more
An American women living in Australia has made a bold claim about the shopping carts at some of our biggest supermarkets — and hundreds of Australians agreed with her. Lex B, known as @LexInWonderland on TikTok, said she had a “controversial” opinion after living in Australia for nine months. The expat, who is originally from Houston, Texas, … Read more
Australians have been treated with a rare sighting of a meteor shower, which lit up night skies in the country’s east on Monday night. The astronomical phenomenon was part of the Lyrid meteor shower that occurs annually in April. One of the planet’s oldest meteor showers, with sightings dating back as far as 687BCE, the … Read more
Americans are discovering buttered sandwiches for the first time and the reactions from across the world are hilarious. A US woman living in Paris, France shared a TikTok earlier this month of her making sandwiches, explaining the French do something “very weird” that she thought her followers would “find strange”. “What they do, it’s like … Read more
It’s arguably the worst place on the plane – but now there’s $230,000 worth of reasons you might want to opt for the middle seat. Virgin Australia has launched a new campaign whereby passengers who have either voluntarily – or been slapped – with the middle seat will now enter a ‘lotto’ to win tens … Read more