THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS

1 1994-98 world 500cc motorcycling champion (7,6) 9 2005 outback horror film (4,5) 10 WWII route over the Owen Stanley Ranges, Kokoda … (5) 11 WA town near Manjimup (6) 12 2010 Commonwealth swimming champion, Ryan … (8) 14 Author who won four Miles Franklin Awards, … Astley (4) 15 Historic Derwent river town (3,7) 18 Batsman who scored 181 in the 1960 Tied Test (4,6) 20 Town and falls between Armidale and Dorrigo (4) 23 Inaugural A-League soccer champions, in 2006 (6,1,1) 24 Mining town 950km NE of Perth (6) 26 SW Brisbane suburb near Forest Lake (5) 27 Town 30km south of Adelaide, Port … (9) 28 Port Jackson (6,7)

DOWN

1 John Howard’s daughter (7) 2 Not in working order (coll) (6) 3 The “Last of the Anzacs”, who died in 2002, … Campbell (4) 4 Michael Hutchence in the INXS miniseries, Never Tear Us Apart (4,6) 5 Ernie Dingo’s old travel show,

The Great… (8) 6 The Dockers’ former theme song,

Freo… (5-2) 7 Painter famous for his Ned Kelly series, Sir Sidney … (5) 8 Melbourne city street, closed to traffic for half its length (8) 13 Actor who posthumously won an Oscar for Network in 177 (5,5) 16 1987-97 Carlton captain, Stephen “Sticks” … (8) 17 Aboriginal community near Cooktown (4,4) 19 Shire council in southern bayside Brisbane (7) 21 Highway joining Ballina and Tenterfield (7) 22 Like …, very quickly (coll) (6) 23 Paul Keating insult, “gutless …” (5) 25 Musical that brought singer Marcia Hines to Australia in 1970 (4)