Australia reached 1000 Commonwealth Games gold medals on Sunday night, with the Diamonds reclaiming their netball crown by beating Jamaica in the final.
The sunny climes of Brisbane - and about a 50 degree temperature swing from icy Beijing - is where mogul skier Jakara Anthony honed her Olympic gold medal-winning run.
Statisticians and scholars, academics and advocates, Paralympians and public servants are among the Canberrans recognised in this year’s Australia Day honours.
Canberra long jump star Vanessa Low has capped a mighty romantic recruiting coup for Australia by breaking her own world record three times en route to a gold medal.
