Land Down Under

Billy Slater of Melbourne Storm poses at the start of the National Rugby League season [GALLO/GETTY]

Ex-Liverpool and England football striker Robbie Fowler arrives in Townsville to start his North Queensland Fury career [GALLO/GETTY]

Australia's Jason Norris finds New Zealand a fairly pleasant place in which to play golf [GALLO/GETTY]

Andrew Swallow of the Kangaroos during an Aussie Rules training session in AFL heartland Melbourne [GALLO/GETTY]

The NRL's Bulldogs and Manly Warringah Sea Eagles kick off the season with a lively debate [GALLO/GETTY]

Adam Ashley-Cooper of the Brumbies represents 15-a-side rugby in this Super 14 match in Canberra [GALLO/GETTY]

Try telling Kai Green that's a daft pose at this international bodybuilding contest in Melbourne [GALLO/GETTY]

Susan Benade of South Africa is run out by Shelley Nitschke of Australia at the Women's World Cup in Newcastle, NSW [GALLO/GETTY]

The Dragons' Mark Worthington cuts down the net during the NBL Final series [GALLO/GETTY]

Andrew Lauterstein dives during a training session at the Ian Thorpe aquatic centre in Sydney [GALLO/GETTY]