THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS

1 star (5,8) 10 1979 and 1980 Most Popular Female Performer, Christie … (5) 11 Tea-tree’s botanical name, … alternifolia (9) 12 Russell Crowe’s country home, Nana … (4) 13 Sir Robert Menzies’ wife and 1967 America’s Cup challenger (4,6) 15 1962 and 1969 tennis Grand Slam winner (3,5) 16 Holden model that won five Bathurst races in the 1970s (6) 18 Old gold-mining town west of Townsville, Charters … (6) 20 NSW Southern Highlands town with annual picnic races (4,4) 23 SA town on the old Ghan line (10) 24 Plant killed by the cactoblastis moth, prickly … (4) 26 Ex-Gold Coast mayor who lit the 1956 Olympic flame (3,6) 27 Helen Reddy’s 1974 Number 1 hit single, …Baby (5) 28 Flightless birds nesting at Phillip Island and Manly (5,8)

DOWN

2 Old gold rush town near Bathurst, New South Wales (4,3) 3 Elizabeth Bligh in APlacetoCall Home, … Hazlehurst (4) 4 Founding host of Sunday and Sky newsreader (3,5) 5 runner-up and singer, Anthony … (6) 6 Stagnant pools or oxbows lakes (10) 7 24-across’ botanical name (7) 8 1970 tennis Grand Slam winner and Pentecostal minister (8,5) 9 Female member of ThePanel (4,9) 14 Founder of FAI and father of Rodney (5,5) 17 Sydney-Melbourne train until 1986, the …Aurora (8) 19 Albury’s twin town (7) 21 WWII weapon designed in 1939, the “digger’s darling” (4,3) 22 2004 Olympic triathlon runner-up, Loretta … (6) 25 Ex-Wallaby forward, Wycliff … (4)