THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS 1 Cherie in Offspring, … Mailman (7) 5 Sydney-Brisbane highway (7) 9 Another name for the brolga (6,9) 10 Woodford music festival, … in the Grass (9) 11 562m pinnacle near Lord Howe Island, … Pyramid (5) 12 Hawke’s Health Minister, … Blewett (4) 13 Jack Thompson’s 1971 outback horror film, Wake…… (2,6) 17 1910-12 Test captain with an Adelaide Oval stand named after him (4,4) 18 Skyhook’s 1976 single, Million

Dollar… (4) 22 Explorer Robert Burke’s middle name (5) 24 Jackson Pollock painting bought by the National Gallery in 1973 (4,5) 25 PM’s Sydney residence (10,5) 26 Fastest shearers in the shed (7) 27 Barrier Reef resort island near Ingham (7) DOWN 1 Sydney Harbour’s Fort …, also called Pinchgut (7) 2 Plot of land with a long lane to the street, … block (6-3) 3 Defunct Adelaide netball team (6)

4 Homicide and Division4 producer … Crawford (6) 5 David Stratton’s AttheMovies co-host, Margaret … (8)

6 Country singer, Kasey … (8) 7 Animal on the two cent piece, … neck lizard (5) 8 1974 AC/DC single, ………Nextto

You,Girl? (3,1,3) 14 IronChefAustralia cook, … Brahimi (9) 15 Nickname of central Australia’s largest town (3,5) 16 SLSC members (coll) (8) 17 Original singer of the Neighbours theme, Barry … (7) 19 Campbelltown’s … Ghost Festival (7) 20 Sara Henderson’s NT cattle station, … River (6) 21 Charity store (coll) (2,4) 23 Alex in McLeod’sDaughters, … Jeffery (5) Yesterday’s solution ACROSS: 1. Charles Wooley 10. Tulloch 11. Sharman 12. Hopman Cup 14. Rambo 15. Dots 16. Jolliffe 19. Serventy 20. Cash 24. Elope 25. Chemistry 26. Katrina 27. Donohue 29. Bronte Barratt. DOWN: 2. Hal 3. Roo-bar 4. Echuca 5. Washpool 6. O’Farrell 7. Emma Moffatt 8. Etihad 9. Enmore 13. Peter Foster 17. Peregian 18. Stockade 19. Specks 21. Hayley 22. Hendra 23. Kirner 28. Hit.