From Tasmania.
TASMANIAN wallabies are breaking into the states poppy fields and getting high, the State Government has revealed.

The strange occurrence that was revealed in a Budget Estimates hearing, has also solved what some growers say has spurred a campfire legend read more…

From Florida, US.
A South Florida woman is re-examining her faith. She was in the kitchen cooking a family favorite when letters appeared on the salami in her frying pan. The letters spelled out the word GOD.

“Welcome to the blessed house,” said Nancy Simoes, as she allowed CBS4 cameras and Jorge Estevez into her home in Southwest Miami Dade. “We witnessed the letters G.O.D. spelled out on three slices of fried salami.” said Estevez.

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From Somerset, UK.
Stinking Bishop has been voted Britain’s smelliest cheese in the first ever smell championship. The pungent cheese, made by Charles Martell of Martell and Son in Gloucestershire, was described as smelling like a rugby club changing room at Britain’s Smelliest Cheese Championships, held at The Royal Bath and West Show in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. read more…

From Te Anau, NZ.
Te Anau police have identified a thief who brazenly stole a British man’s passport, but will not pursue an arrest or attempt to recover the document.

A police spokeswoman said a Scottish man reported the theft of his passport from a bus heading into Milford Sound earlier this week. The passport had been in a coloured courier bag read more…

From New York, USA.
A Brooklyn couple will become the first on the planet to say “I do” in zero gravity when they tie the knot later this month.

Self-confessed sci-fi addicts Noah Fulmore, 31, and Erin Finnegan, 30, will travel to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, to exchange their vows while literally walking on air. read more…

From Withington, UK.

It was the most sinister of 999 calls - a whimpering noise followed by a shout of: ‘Come out, or else - I’m warning you’ before the line went dead.

Fearing that a murder might be in progress, the operator phoned the number back - and discovered the culprit was a mischievous dog with a fascination for telephones.

The 14-month-old golden retriever, named Bailey, had crept into the bedroom of his owners Jodie and Jamie Halfpenny while they were downstairs watching television and picked up their cordless phone in his mouth. read more…

From Auckland, NZ.

Three-year-old Pipi Quinlan bought a $20,000 Kobelco digger on New Zealand auction website TradeMe, prompting immediate damage control by her mum when her purchase was revealed.

Most parents are used to little ones sneaking treats into the supermarket trolley, but Pipi’s deal must take the cake. read more…

From Rochester Hills, Michigan.

Tinker Bell has been reunited with her owners after a 70-mph gust of wind picked up the six-pound Chihuahua and tossed her out of sight.

Dorothy and Lavern Utley credit a pet psychic for guiding them on Monday to a wooded area nearly a mile from where 8-month-old Tinker Bell had been last seen. read more…