Prince Philip visited Australia more than 20 times over 72 years â with and without the Queen
By Jane Connors
AprApril 2021 at 8:02pm
The Queen and Prince Philip watch a cultural performance near Cairns, in 2002 during her golden jubilee tour.
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When the British battleship HMS Ramillies sailed into Sydney Harbour on March 14, 1940, the crew included an 18-year-old midshipman, Philip Mountbatten (also known as Philip, Prince of Greece).
It would be first of more than 20 visits to these shores for Prince Philip â who died on Friday â with or without his wife, the Queen.
The Ramillies stayed in the Garden Island dockyards for a couple of weeks while the high-profile young sailor enjoyed the hospitality of posh Sydney families and a welter of dances, parties and outdoor sports.
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COLIN LOVITT March 17, 1945-January 10, 2021
Australia has lost one of its best fighters for the underdog Colin Lovitt, QC, who died in early January at the age of 76.
Lovitt was admitted to practise law in 1969 and called to the Bar in 1970, where he read with the late John Fogarty AM. He was a leader of the Criminal Bar, serving as chairman of the Criminal Bar Association, of which he was founding and life member. He was appointed silk in 1988 and retired from the Bar in 2015. In 2012, he was named a legend of the Victorian Bar.
Google Maps user scared after discovering strange alien-like hexagon on coastline
Vanessa Hammond came across the mysterious hexagon-shaped structure on Google Maps as she was searching for holiday destinations along the Australian coastline and her Instagram video has gone viral
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A mysterious alien-like hexagon on Australia s coastline has sent social media users into a spin, after a mother-of-two spotted the strange formation on Google Maps.
Vanessa Hammond, from Queensland, posted an aerial photo of the odd looking property to her 60,000 Instagram followers and asked what they thought it was.
The plot of land, which contains horizontal lines between different buildings, was revealed to be a naval base at Exmouth, on Western Australia s north west cape.
The photo captured an aerial view of Tower Zero at Harold E Holt Naval Communication Station - one of the largest towers in the Southern Hemisphere