THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS

1 Jason Dundas’ reality TV show where contestants dig for keys,

The … … (3,9) 9 Desolate outback areas, … … & Booligal (3,4) 10 Avon Valley town near Perth (7) 11 Town south of Perth on Cockburn Sound (10) 13 Sailor in The Magic Pudding, … Barnacle (4) 15 Geoffrey Rush’s Shine pianist, David … (8) 16 Melbourne motor racing circuit (6) 18 Freshwater crayfish (6) 19 Ruth Park’s A Harp in the South sequel, … … Orange (4,4) 22 Redfern Now star, … Purcell (4) 23 North Qld’s largest city (10) 25 City beaten by Sydney for the 2000 Olympics (7) 26 SA riverland fruit town (7) 28 Matilda in Home & Away and Tatum in Crownies (7,5)

DOWN

1 Andrew Charlton’s nickname (3) 2 Ex-Melbourne Storm and Qld fullback, at South Sydney from 2011 (4,6) 3 Town near Bombala and the Victorian border (8) 4 Outer eastern Melbourne suburb (6) 5 Outback Adventures host, … Dann (4) 6 Keith Miller’s Test fast bowling partner (3,8) 7 Peter Phelps in Stingers (6) 8 2000 Olympic relay swimming champion, Chris … (6) 12 Dragon’s single from their 1987 album Bondi Road (11) 14 George Young’s Flash & the Pan songwriting partner (5,5)

17 Getaway host from 1996, Catriona … (8) 18 Outback Qld town, where Cobb and Co made its last run in 1924 (6) 20 High-leaping mark in Australian football (6) 21 Gas field off WA’s Barrow Island (6) 24 Michael Edgley’s daughter and Rescue: SpecialOps star (4) 27 Canberra sporting academy (1,1,1)