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Lake Julius spillway. The dam peaked at 12.00 pm on 4/1/2009.  (Murray Anderson)

Breaking the drought

The flooded Queensland town of Cloncurry used to import $400,000 of water per month.

Back on the bike

Darren Lapthorne (ABC TV - The 7.30 Report)

Darren Lapthorne has returned to cycling after the mysterious death of his sister, Britt.

Sunset fishing

The Daly River (ABC Local: Julia Christensen)

The Daly River provides great barramundi bait, as long as the crocs don't get there first.

Sleeping rough

Homeless man sleeping on a London street (Flickr: garryknight)

Eastern European immigrants are being encouraged to return home from the streets of London.

Evicting the squatters

The students have been occupying the buildings since last August. (ABC TV)

Student squatters have been ordered out of terraces owned by Melbourne University.

Complimenting Australia

John Howard (Reuters)

John Howard says the US Presidential Medal of Freedom is a personal and a national honour.

Murray Marathon winner Tony Zerbst with son Joe (ABC Goulburn Murray: Narelle Graham)

Passionate paddler

Tony Zerbst has won the 404 kilometre Murray Marathon for the tenth time.

Summer safety

Mother and child swimming (Getty Images)

Holidays are fun but potentially dangerous. Would you know what to do in an emergency?

Bouncing back

Spotted tree frog (ABC TV - The 7.30 Report)

Endangered frogs threatened by a deadly fungus are back from the brink of extinction.

Wish you were here

Shell Beach, Australia (Flickr: Rob Inh00d)

This year will be the worst in 20 years for the international tourism market in Australia.

RoboTed

Child with robot (flickr: JanneM)

Children prefer robots to teddy bears, but are we ready for robot child care?

Rubber duckie

Are these the lost NASA ducks? (ABC: Tim Noonan)

Have the rubber ducks launched by NASA from Greenland turned up in Adelaide?

Rafa vs Roger

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will again face off at the Qatar Open (Getty Images: Michael Steele)

Can Roger Federer regain his world number one position from Rafael Nadal?

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