A prisoner in Australia didn't dig, or bust his way out of prison. He made his escape by losing so much weight, he was able to squeeze though a hole he made in a brick wall. Reuters reports Robert Cole was in the Sydney jail for stealing and assault. He lost around 30-pounds so he could slip through the hole next to a window in the hospital of the maximum security prison.

A lightning strike killed 68 dairy cows waiting to be milked on an Australian farm. The farmer, Warwick Marks, 57, said the lightning strike killed half his herd of 150 Jersey cows at his dairy farm outside Dorrigo in northern New South Wales state.

In a bid to prevent beach-loving students from skipping classes, an Australian high school makes surfing an approved subject. Byron Bay High School will introduce surfing as a recreation course starting next year, reports The Associated Press.

Prisoners in Australia are showing a penchant for the gourmet in the items they are choosing to sneak in. Instead of drugs or ice picks, a recent crackdown saw prison authorities intercept packages filled with lamb chops, steak and rice cookers.

An elderly Australian couple take police on a 1,400 mile chase in protest after the wife was denied an extension of her driving license because of old age. Tom and Marian Foulkes, both in their 80s, drove from their Melbourne home in the southern state of Victoria to the north of New South Wales state and halfway back again, avoiding police searching for them.