THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS 1 Neil Finn’s FallAtYourFeet band (7,5) 9 Endangered species, hairy … wombat (5) 10 Tasmania’s nickname (5,4) 11 Water between the NT and New Guinea (7,3) 12 Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine movie (1-3)

14 Sunrise host, Samantha … (8) 16 Irishman who found gold there in Kalgoorlie in 1893, Paddy … (6) 18 1970 NedKelly star, Mick … (6) 19 WA cricket team (8) 22 Bali Nine member, Andrew … (4)

23 PubertyBlues author married to Geoffrey Robertson (5,5) 26 Goulburn tourist attraction, nicknamed ‘Rambo’ (3,6) 27 Comedian who plays Elle McFeast, … Gorr (5) 28 Melbourne landscape artist whose work is in Parliament House (4,8) DOWN 1 ABC Gardening-Australia host, … Georgiadis (5) 2 Song whose riff was used in Men At Work’s DownUnder, KookaburraSits

inthe …… … (3,3,4) 3 2005 Idol winner, Kate … (8) 4 Robert DiPierdomenico’s nickname (6) 5 High Country town in East Gippsland (4) 6 1998 Commonwealth hammer champion, Debbie … (9) 7 Lava Tubes near Cardwell in north Qld (6) 8 DBC Pierre’s Booker Prize winning novel, … GodLittle (6) 13 Confectionery chain founded in Sydney in 1927 (7,3) 15 Irene Roberts in HomeandAway since 1992, Lynne … (9) 17 National Park between Grafton and Glen Innes (8)

18 Today weatherman, Steven … (6) 20 Katoomba tourist attraction, … Railway (6) 21 Rabbit-killing virus released in 1995 (6) 24 Former Ironman sponsor, Uncle … (5) 25 Grant Denyer’s game show,

Family … (4)

Yesterday’s solution

ACROSS: 1. Layne Beachley 10. Urban 11. White City 12. Go-Betweens 13. Abel 15. No Dams 17. Menangle 19. Micallef 20. Vixens 23. OPSM 24. Mt Panorama 27. Brilliant 28. Spine 29. The Dressmaker. DOWN: 2. Arbib 3. Ninety Mile 4. Bowler 5. Arianwen 6. Huey 7. Eric Bogle 8. Buggan 9. Wyllie 14. Wasikowska 16. Dick Smith 18. Heatwave 19. Moonbi 21. Stakes 22. Qantas 25. A Wife 26. Glad.