Say g'day on the sexiest beaches Down Under Apr 5, 2008
On the other side of the world, on the other side of the equator, New Zealand gradually separates from Australia, creating the Tasman Sea between the two landmasses. Today, Australia is the world's largest islandand our only island-continentand features 16,000 miles of coastline with nearly 11,000 beaches. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Giant Ocean Eddy Shadows Sydney, Australia Mar 26, 2008
Four people who definitely noticed the eddy were the crew who rowed across the Tasman Sea from New Zealand in late December ... 15, 2007) Studies of satellite data have revealed a major sea eddy in the Tasman Sea off one of Australia's major east coast cities -Sydney, New South. (Science Daily)
Steady eddy spares bathers big chill Mar 19, 2008
Scientists say a giant ocean eddy swirling in the Tasman Sea is compelling evidence that the ocean is not the constant, unchanging water mass it has long appeared ... At its centre, 150 kilometres offshore, the ocean level is a metre below the surrounding Tasman Sea. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Persistent heat drama Mar 15, 2008
The weather is being caused by persistent high pressure systems that are sitting over the Tasman Sea, which were dried out by a cold front in early February. More News Stories. (Sky News Australia)
Once-in-a-lifetime golf trips Mar 5, 2008
Across the Tasman Sea, there's another little island known to have some decent golf. "Melbourne and the Sandbelt have as strong a concentration of great golf courses as anywhere in the world," says Gordon Dalgleish, president of PerryGolf, "and Australia in general is such a fantastic destination. It seems unfair to go that far and spend your entire trip in Melbourne (where we play Kingston Heath and Metropolitan), so we include some time in Sydney (and rounds at New South Wales and The Lakes)... (MSNBC -- Travel)
SEQ to have its first 'heatwave' of the year Feb 22, 2008
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Rocky residents prepare for more floods Feb 21, 2008
February 21, 2008 - 5:58PM. Rockhampton residents are being told to prepare for a flood peak on Sunday even higher than the level reached last month. (The Age)
* Australia asks help in guarding tsunami buoys from pirates Feb 20, 2008
A second will be placed next month in the Coral Sea northeast of Australia between Queensland State and Vanuatu and a third was planned in the Tasman Sea off the east coast between Sydney and New Zealand's north island. Love said the Australians buoys in the Indian Ocean would help alert Indonesians to a tsunami threat in its southern waters, while the US was installing buoys in Indonesia's northern waters. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Pirates may steal tsunami buoys: BOM Feb 19, 2008
Dr Love said the bureau had a tsunami warning buoy functioning well in the Tasman Sea between Australia's south-east coast and New Zealand. Another would become operational next month between north Queensland and Vanuatu. (The Age)
McAuley's last words: 'My kayak's sinking' Feb 9, 2008
AUSTRALIAN adventurer Andrew McAuley's six-metre kayak capsized at least six times as he paddled across the Tasman Sea towards New Zealand in January last year. The 39-year-old managed to get it upright again each time, but it was always a battle. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Coroner criticises kayaker rescue delay Feb 8, 2008
McAuley, from Glenbrook in NSW, perished in sight of New Zealand in February last year as he tried to become the first person to kayak solo across the Tasman Sea. Exactly how McAuley died remains a mystery and his body was never found. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Kayakers reach New Zealand Jan 14, 2008
Two young men completed an epic voyage yesterday after kayaking across the Tasman Sea from Australia to New Zealand - a total of 2,050 miles. In high spirits but on shaky legs after spending so long sitting in their nine-metre kayak, 25-year-old James Castrission and Justin Jones, 24, waded ashore after 62 days at sea. (Guardian Unlimited)
* World News Quick Take Jan 14, 2008
Kayakers cross Tasman Sea. Two Australians who spent 62 days paddling across the Tasman Sea in a kayak arrived in New Zealand yesterday. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Australians arrive in NZ by kayak Jan 13, 2008
Two Australians have become the first people to paddle to New Zealand across the Tasman Sea in a kayak ... The pair's specially-designed kayak was hit by powerful winds as it crossed the Tasman Sea, and spending three weeks longer than planned at sea left their food supplies low. (BBC News)
Kayakers cross Tasman Jan 13, 2008
Those were the first words spoken by emotional Australian kayakers Justin Jones and James Castrission after wading ashore at end their marathon two-month crossing of the Tasman Sea. More than 10,000 cheering onlookers watched as the pair paddled to Ngamotu Beach inside Port Taranaki. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Aussie kayakers reach NZ after 62-day marathon row Jan 13, 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Two Australian adventurers who spent two months paddling across the Tasman Sea in a kayak arrived in New Zealand on Sunday to a rousing welcome ... Another Australian, Andrew McCauley, went missing last year on an attempt to kayak solo across the Tasman Sea. (Reuters)
Across the creek after a very long paddle Jan 13, 2008
JAMES CASTRISSION and Justin Jones, the two Sydney kayakers who rowed into New Zealand and the record books yesterday, were super-conscious that they were paddling in the wake of Andrew McAuley throughout their historic 62-day crossing of the Tasman Sea. "We have only got a small, small idea of what Andrew went through out there," James Castrission said of McAuley, who disappeared last February while attempting the same crossing solo after sighting the New Zealand coast. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Overjoyed mums cry a Tasman Jan 13, 2008
Yesterday her son, Justin Jones, finished his world-first kayak crossing of the Tasman Sea. "If they can kayak the Tasman, we can climb a mountain," Mrs Jones said as she stood on the beach waiting for her boy. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Epic crossing for Aussie kayakers Jan 13, 2008
Australian kayakers Justin Jones and James Castrission end their marathon two-month crossing of the Tasman Sea. Photo: Taranaki Daily News. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Two men paddle 2,000 miles from Australia to New Zealand Jan 13, 2008
Australians James Castrission, 25, and Justin Jones, 24, spent 62 days crossing the Tasman Sea in their custom built fiberglass vessel and battled strong winds and tides that spun them in giant circles and forced them to change their original plans ... Castrission and Jones completed their 61 day kayak adventure across the Tasman Sea, from Forster, Australia to New Plymouth, New Zealand. (USA Today)
Aussie kayakers close in on NZ Jan 12, 2008
The extra distance was a result of several giant circles they were forced to take part way across the Tasman Sea as they battled the weather and strong ocean flows, which also made landing at New Plymouth a better option than Auckland. Celebrations planned for their arrival include a Maori Powhiri (welcome ceremony) and a greeting by New Plymouth mayor Peter Tennent. (The Age)
Tasman kayakers going backwards again Jan 11, 2008
Two Australian kayakers attempting to cross the Tasman Sea to New Zealand were averaging only 1. 3 kilometres an hour on Friday after being pushed backwards overnight, according to news reports. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Submersible to probe new coral depths Jan 10, 2008
"Deep ocean corals are a litmus test of the deep ocean when it comes to identifying how temperature and salinity have changed over decades and centuries, especially in our own region in the Tasman Sea and the Southern Ocean," said Ron Thresher, chief scientist on the voyage. "We hope to track two influential elements on the global climate system - the formation of water masses at the Antarctic coast and the circulation of the Southern Ocean.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Weary kayakers only days from New Zealand Jan 9, 2008
"Fifty-seven days is quite a long time to be on the Tasman Sea.". They have upper body fatigue and muscle wastage in their legs from weeks of sitting. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Sands of time Jan 7, 2008
But the future site of Sydney remained well inland for another 45 million years until New Zealand, thanks to the forces of continental drift, ripped apart from Australia, giving birth to the Tasman Sea. "Sixty million years ago New Zealand disappeared over the horizon," Turner says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Wild Oats wins 3rd Sydney to Hobart race in a row Dec 28, 2007
The race began Wednesday in Sydney Harbor, when Wild Oats led the fleet into the Tasman Sea and never trailed down the New South Wales state coast and across Bass Strait to the island state of Tasmania. Australian yacht Ichi Ban was expected to finish third and 2003 line honors winner Skandia, which broke its mast overnight Thursday night, fourth. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
* 'Wild Oats' grabs Sydney-Hobart race lead Dec 27, 2007
The yacht went through Sydney Heads and into the Tasman Sea first ahead of two other maxis: British entry City Index Leopard and Australian yacht Skandia, the 2003 line honors winner. out in front. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Sailing: Wild Oats leads from start Dec 27, 2007
Wild Oats, trying to match the feat of Morna, which won in 1946, 1947 and 1948, went through Sydney Heads and into the Tasman Sea first ahead of two other maxis: the British entry City Index Leopard and the Australian yacht Skandia, the 2003 line honors winner. Wild Oats holds the record for the 628-nautical-mile, or 1,163-kilometer, race down the southeast coast of Australia and across Bass Strait to Hobart, capital of Tasmania. (International Herald Tribune)
It's not a race, it's a test of survival Dec 26, 2007
Already one of the hot favourites, Maximus, with its radical lifting and canting keel configuration, found crossing the Tasman Sea to Sydney from its Auckland home port too difficult. And two-time winner Wild Oats XI has had an anxious wait for a new mast and rigging after the yacht's previous carbon-fibre rig collapsed in a tangled mess during a race in Europe a few months ago. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Tuesday's Sports In Brief Dec 26, 2007
Wild Oats, trying to match Morna (1946, '47 and '48) as a three-time winner, went through Sydney Heads and into the Tasman Sea first ahead of two other maxis, British entry City Index Leopard and Australian yacht Skandia, the 2003 line honors winner. Five hours into the race, Wild Oats led by 4 nautical miles over Skandia, with City Index Leopard closely behind in third. (International Herald Tribune)
Ram raid: Maximus was ripped apart from within Dec 20, 2007
It turns out that the boat didn't hit a whale, a sunfish or submerged object on its way across the Tasman Sea to make the start of the Sydney to Hobart race. Instead, the two hydraulic rams that are meant to work together to support Maximus's radical canting and lifting keel had worked in opposing directions. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
'Crazy night' for kayak adventurers Dec 19, 2007
A "crazy, horrible night" is how one of two Australian kayakers has described the hours they spent floundering in the Tasman Sea while powerful waves and 30-knot winds hammered their disabled kayak ... The friends, who went to school together, hope theirs will be the first successful attempt by kayakers to cross the Tasman Sea after a series of failed bids. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Skipper cracks up as damaged keel sinks Maximus campaign Dec 18, 2007
But as gut-wrenching as the decision was, Buckley also realised how perilously close he and the seven-member crew, who were delivering the boat from Auckland to Sydney for the race, had been to ending up overboard in the Tasman Sea on Sunday morning. "We have had catastrophic failure and we won't be doing the Hobart this year," said Buckley, an engineer. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Kayakers on Tasman Sea crossing going round in circles Dec 13, 2007
Wellington - Two Australians trying to paddle a kayak 2,200 kilometres across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand have been going around in a circle for the last 10 days, it was reported on Thursday. Winds and currents have caught James Castrission, 25, and Justin Jones, 24, in a vortex since they passed the half-way point in their 9-metre craft on December 3, expedition spokesman Tom Mitchell told Radio New Zealand. (Monsters and Critics.com)
Kayaker inquest begins in New Zealand Dec 10, 2007
McAuley, 39, was attempting to be the first person to kayak solo across the Tasman Sea. On February 9, within sight of New Zealand, he sent a garbled distress call. (The Australian)
Tasman kayaker 'could have been saved' Dec 10, 2007
Andrew McAuley was kayaking across the Tasman Sea from Tasmania to Milford Sound when he sent out a distress call about 80 kilometres from shore on February 9. Searchers later found his kayak, but his body was never recovered. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Risk to kayakers of 'washing machine' Nov 14, 2007
Two Sydney adventurers bidding to be the first to kayak across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand could be spat back towards Sydney due to a strong southerly current. James Castrission, 25, and Justin Jones, 24, set off on the 2200-kilometre voyage from Forster in a custom-designed double kayak about 1pm yesterday. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Earthquake shakes southern Greece Nov 13, 2007
Kayakers begin Tasman Sea attempt. MOST READ. (Yahoo News -- Greece)
2 Australian kayakers begin 2,200 kilometer paddle to New Zealand Nov 13, 2007
Nine months after fellow Australian Andrew McAuley vanished on a similar voyage, James Castrission, 25, and Justin Jones, 24, hope to become the first kayakers to cross the Tasman Sea. "I believe anyone is capable of doing anything in their life if they truly believe it," Jones said shortly before the pair departed Australia's east coast at Forster, 280 kilometers (175 miles) north of Sydney. (International Herald Tribune)
Kayakers begin NZ attempt Nov 13, 2007
Kayakers begin Tasman Sea attempt ... The two kayakers aim to conquer one of Australia's last great untamed adventures, the mighty Tasman Sea. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Rebuilding Bridges Nov 10, 2007
Bridges was brought up by the sea, in the Tyneside port town of North Shields, but the North Sea and the Tasman Sea aren't quite the same. There are a few other differences he's noticed since arriving as Sydney FC's salvation three weeks ago. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Drysdale didn't let accident break him Oct 18, 2007
Mahe Drysdale, a young New Zealander who was watching Waddell's performance, which took place a short hop across the Tasman Sea, came to a decision. Goodbye, schoolbooks. (Boston Globe)
'Choking boofheads' feel the heat Oct 8, 2007
The mood was grim on both sides of the Tasman Sea yesterday as Australia and New Zealand struggled to come to terms with their respective eliminations from the World Cup. For the All Blacks, the tournament favourites, vanquished by France in a shock 20-18 quarter-final defeat in Cardiff, it was yet another reminder of their inability to rise to the big occasion. (Independent)
Southern woe after rugby failures Oct 7, 2007
Instead the northern hemisphere has hit back and the south is in shock, with tears on both sides of the Tasman Sea. For rugby-obsessed New Zealand, this is nothing short of a national disaster, as the All Blacks went into the tournament as overwhelming favourites. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Three-headed dog cruels spring hopes Oct 5, 2007
This was rapidly heating waters in the Tasman Sea, which research suggested could lead to an increase in rainfall in the south-east during summers. Dr Cai said that greenhouse gas emissions accounted for about half the rainfall reduction in the south west of the country, where there has been a 10 per cent decline since the early 1970s. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
New Zealand call to Maori expats Oct 1, 2007
Many cross the Tasman Sea for better job prospects and to escape social problems and racism ... Like many New Zealanders, they make the short journey across the Tasman Sea, tempted by higher wages and a warmer climate. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
* Chinese warships arrive in Sydney Sep 29, 2007
The three navies will conduct joint search and rescue exercises next week in the Tasman Sea. Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Chinese President Hu Jintao (JA) agreed at a meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders in Sydney earlier this month to hold annual security summits. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Drought far from over, says Meteo Sep 6, 2007
Dr Coughlan said a hoped-for La Nina weather pattern, bringing cool, wet weather, had so far been mostly wasted, occurring too far to the east over the Tasman Sea and Pacific Ocean. High temperatures in August had added to the problem, Water Services Association of Australia executive director Ross Young said. (The Age)
Missing Deep Ocean Current "Supergyre" Identified: Important In Climate Regulation Aug 17, 2007
The new research confirms the current sweeping out of the Tasman Sea past Tasmania and towards the South Atlantic is a previously undetected component of the world climate system s engine-room the thermohaline circulation or global conveyor belt. Wealth from Oceans Flagship* scientist Ken Ridgway says the current, called the Tasman Outflow, occurs at an average depth of 800-1,000 metres and may play an important role in the response of the conveyor belt to climate change. (Science Daily)
Chinese, Japanese forces plan exercises with Australia Aug 8, 2007
A Federal Government official said yesterday that the two Chinese warships were scheduled to exercise with Australian and New Zealand forces in the Tasman Sea after next month's Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum. This comes as Beijing seeks to assure countries worried about its growing military spending. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Richard Quest: Keeping cool in summer Jul 26, 2007
CNN.com - Richard Quest's blog. Tuesday, July 24, 2007 When families go to play I have been busy traveling lately to New York, Los Angeles, and Johannesburg and now on my way to Washington. (CNN -- World)
For a taste of the season, just add frosting Jul 18, 2007
Yesterday morning, a brisk wind from the Tasman Sea brought temperatures around Sydney Airport down to minus 0. 6 degrees. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Sky opens as tunnel closes to cash Jul 9, 2007
"There's a low [pressure system] out well to our east over the Tasman Sea and a strong south to south-east air flow over Sydney," Mr Webb said. "So the showers and isolated thunderstorms have been brought in from the sea and [are] bringing widespread showers particularly across the coast.". (Sydney Morning Herald)
Current solution to water crisis Jul 6, 2007
From its source in the Coral Sea, it moves masses of tropical water south down the Australian coastline to the temperate regions, with ocean eddies peeling off into the Tasman Sea along the way. However, winds within 10 nautical miles of the shore can slow down and even reverse the current and Dr Griffin believes that makes some sort of small propulsion power necessary. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Gippsland faces huge flood clean-up Jul 3, 2007
The trouble is that the drain for the bath at Lakes Entrance, where it flows into the Tasman Sea, was blocked over the weekend by king tides. Something of an irony is that as the people of Lakes Entrance continue filling sandbags, tighter water restrictions came into effect in 40 towns across Victoria, bringing to 350 the number of towns in the state on restrictions. (ABC Online)
Looks can be deceiving with Matt Dunning Jun 30, 2007
When he banged over a drop-goal for the Waratahs in a Super 14 match four years ago, he was ridiculed on both sides of the Tasman Sea. His side needed another try to qualify for the play-offs, an extra three points was useless. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Flippant Thoughts On Sir Salman Jun 26, 2007
Meanwhile, across the Tasman Sea, the Wellington Dominion-Post in its editorial: "How would the typically laid-back, live-and-let-live Kiwi react were Pakistan or Iran to threaten death to a Kiwi author who had criticised Islam and the Prophet? Probably not well. And they would expect Muslim New Zealanders to react likewise. Perhaps the grimmest part of the latest Rushdie kerfuffle is the deafening silence from the thousands of moderate Muslims who have made Britain their home. That does not... (alt.muslim)
While you were sleeping: storm gives chilled-out city a big break Jun 21, 2007
Generated by a severe low pressure system over the Tasman Sea, the winds swept across the city just as the weather bureau had predicted - but almost no one noticed. At 5am wind gusts averaging 90 to 100kmh were howling - 1000 metres above the sleeping city. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Wild Storms Bypass Australia's East Coast Jun 21, 2007
Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said the storm had moved out into the Tasman Sea, with cyclonic winds failing to strike coastal areas of New South Wales state as previously forecast. "It's well, well into the Tasman Sea now," duty forecaster Peter Zmijewski told Reuters, adding that the strong winds had remained out to sea while lighter conditions hit coastal areas. (Planet Ark, United States)
Why Sydney escaped the storm Jun 20, 2007
The predicted gale force winds, generated by a severe low depression over the Tasman Sea, swept across the city right on cue - but almost no one noticed because they were unexpectedly pushed high into the sky. "It missed us by a fraction," said the weather bureau's relieved Sydney regional director, Barry Hanstrum. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Sydney escapes storm battering Jun 20, 2007
Sydney has escaped a battering from predicted hurricane force winds as a huge storm in the Tasman Sea eased and started edging away from the NSW coast, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) says. Senior forecaster Peter Zmijewski says winds up to 55kmh from southern Sydney to the south coast are expected to lessen. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Inquest into Aussie kayaker's death to go ahead Jun 13, 2007
Mr McAuley was trying to become the first solo kayaker to cross the Tasman Sea but got into distress almost at the completion of his journey, about 50 nautical miles off the coast of Milford Sound. A distress call was made on February 9 and his semi-submerged kayak was discovered the next day. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Storms hamper emergency response Jun 9, 2007
With a major storm in the Tasman Sea, the coal freighter Pasha Bulka, moored off the coast, dragged its anchors and ran aground just outside the mouth of Newcastle Harbour. . (ABC News Online, Australia -- Just In)
Byron Bay won't budge over rising sea liability May 20, 2007
com director Robert Watson and others could see their exclusive Belongil Beach properties abandoned to the elements of an increasingly violent Tasman Sea. Byron Mayor Jan Barham believes Sydneysiders who own waterfront property will be keenly watching the outcome of the debate engulfing her coastal community. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Milford Sound Red Boat Cruises May 10, 2007
The cruise travels a circuit of Milford Sound travelling down the south side of the fiord and out to the Tasman Sea and the returning along the North side with stops along the way to fully appreciate the scenery and gain an understanding of the natural history of the area. The cruise includes a full commentary on the natural history of the Sound. (Suite101.com)
