It was last shown in full in the forecourt during the opening of the Sydney Opera House in October 1973. Since then,it has been rolled up in storage.
Daniel Herszberg is on the cusp of visiting the world’s 197 countries,but there is still one place that has eluded him.
The undersea quake struck at a depth of 36km.
Admitting that Pacific nations have been given “short shrift” for years,the US has sought to make amends in the region of growing interest to China.
When an underwater volcano erupted off Tonga this year,it blasted enough water vapour into the atmosphere to impact the ozone layer and influence surface temperatures.
An unusual spike in aerosols in the stratosphere above New Zealand is the likely cause for several weeks of vibrant and spectacular sunrises and sunsets over Australia’s east coast,scientists say.
New research shows that the eruption at Tonga was a far bigger explosion than any in the 20th century.
A team of Australian personnel have gone ashore from HMAS Adelaide after the ship was hit by a COVID-19 outbreak and power outage.
As the ash clouds clear after the devastating volcanic eruption,engineers are scrambling to repair the critical single undersea cable linking Tonga with the world.
Australia’s largest warship will bring back COVID samples from Tonga in an attempt to find the origins of the Pacific nation’s first virus outbreak.
HMAS Adelaide has been providing recovery equipment and essential supplies to Tonga after an undersea earthquake and tsunami struck the archipelago.