A judge hearing the case of a man who was caught with six eggs from endangered species in his underwear as he was about to board a plane rejected his claim Monday that he was taking the eggs overseas "to surprise his girlfriend. " Wayne Frederick Floyd was flying from an airport in Sydney, Australia, to Bangkok, Thailand, when he was caught with the eggs in November. Police strip-searched him after they detected an abnormal bulge around his groin area during a frisk.

In what started as a way to keep late night revelers away from a suburban Sydney Park, is now getting on the nerves of nearby residents. The local council in Rockdale, a southern suburb in Sydney, started a six-month trial of high-volume hits by Manilow and Doris Day to chase away car enthusiasts who were gathering on weekend nights at Cook Park Reserve.

An Australian woman who had been taunting police had her day in court on Friday, answering 34 counts of fraud. Jodie Harris, 28, was nicked-named the "Catch Me If You Can Thief," was arrested with over 100 fake identities and wigs after evading police for years.

A man who was quarantined along with 59 other passengers who fell ill on an Australian cruise ship says he deserves a refund because he wasn't sick, just hung over. According to a report by the Associated Press, the ship "Pacific Sun" owned by P and O Cruises Australia docked in Sydney on Friday after an outbreak of gastroenteritis sickened dozens of passengers during a 10-night cruise along the Queensland state coast.

The local council of Rockdale, a suburb south of Sydney, Australia, has decided to deal with juvenile delinquency by piping the music of Barry Manilow through a loudspeaker into a parking-lot troublespot. The councilors hope Manilow hits such as "Mandy" and "Copacabana" will spoil the mood of young hooligans, forcing them to flee from the premises.