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Shannon Coggins and Theo Simon, along with their daughter Rosa, made it from Castle Cary in Somerset to Sydney, Australia after embarking on an enormous no-fly adventure

Tributes have poured in for experienced pilot Lane Kokshoorn and his 10-year-old son after their plane crashed in a freak accident in Australia - they have been described as 'two beautiful souls'

A 30-year-old man was killed on Friday evening in the Brisbane suburb of Murarrie as ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper continues to wreak havoc across north Queensland

The tourist was travelling through the Philippines at the time, and managed to capture a snap of the furry-legged arachnid before running out of the loo as fast as possible

A 30-year-old man has also died after freak storms including massive hail stones, torrential downpours, and gale force winds started to batter Australia's Queensland State on Friday

Kathleen Folbigg's handwritten diary entries, where she described herself as 'cruel' and 'like the worst mother on this earth', were initially used by prosecutors to convict her

The van containing Krispy Kreme treats went missing from the petrol garage in Carlingford, Sydney, on November 29 and police found the vehicle abandoned one week later

Kathleen Folbigg was released after bombshell evidence - ignored for 20 years - saw her set free in what is being called one of Australia's greatest miscarriages of justice

Australian mum Chelsea Turvey died on December 6, just after she had celebrated her eighth wedding anniversary with her husband, Jamie, and their children Atreyu, Alexis, Kruize, Jaxon and Tyson

Thuy Le, 49, died at her family bakery in Sydney, Australia, after being electrocuted with an investigation now underway and tributes have poured in for the mum-of-two

Taneasha Steer, 25, was killed in a road accident near Adelaide, Australia, with fiance Luke Andrews finding out about a crash after receiving an alert on his mobile phone

WARNING DISTURBING: So-called "Cannibal Kathy" was delivered Australia's first ever life sentence without parole for the grisly murder of her boyfriend John Price that shocked the nation in 2001

The unnamed victim, reportedly aged in his 20s, is in serious condition after he was mauled by the beast at a beach in Queensland today, just weeks after another attack

A toddler was taken to hospital in Randwick, Australia, before tragically dying a month later - now medics believe she could have caught Newcastle disease from pigeon faeces

Zulqarnain Haider, 14, competed for Keilor Little Athletics Club in Melbourne's northwest and represented his state on a national level, leaving a community in shock after his death

Kristy Griffin let a huntsman spider stay in her bedroom in New South Wales, Australia, to hatch hundreds of babies as she didn't have the heart to turf the arachnid out

The appropriately named Dr Alistair Bush, 45, from Dorset, entered the Mulletfest's best international mullet competition last year, hoping he could spark a rivalry between the UK and Australia similar to the Ashes

A man aged 25 was buried alive in the sand on Bribie Island in Australia after friends dug a hole and he fell in it head first. He is now fighting for his life in hospital

Jennifer Kohl, 27, tragically died in a freak accident while driving a lawnmower during a “romantic outing” on the Tamborine Mountain farm in Australia, a coroner has found

At first influencer Lo Swo was complimentary about the country and praised its 'clean and fresh' air, however soon she listed her pet Aussie peeves, one of which was flies

Amelia, from Sydney in Australia, has terrible regrets about having moved to London where she has endured miserable weather and limited success when it comes to finding a job

Emergency services have today descended to the shore at Clack Island, in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Australia following a horrific shark attack

Grace Dent quit the I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! jungle after fans shared concern over her appearance in Sunday's episode and the star has now been seen for the first time

The high-living Liverpool family moved to Australia after losing almost everything in the global financial crisis. From living a life of luxury to having nothing, they had to reevaluate their whole lives

Suzanne Pfeifer, owner of Pentagon Grand brothel on the Gold Coast, Australia, says a woman is planning to protest outside her business after her husband spent AU$6,000 (£3,100)