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Perth Now
2 days ago
- Business
- Perth Now
Rocket launches in Australian first
The first Australian-built rocket has been launched from Australian soil before crashing back to Earth. About 8.30am on Wednesday, Gilmour Space Technologies made history when its first orbital rocket, Eris, launched from Bowen in North Queensland. It recorded 14 seconds of flight before crashing back to the ground, a move that was intended by the team. Gilmour Space Technologies successfully launched Eris on Wednesday. Credit: Supplied Speaking to the The Courier-Mail, co-founder and chief executive officer Adam Gilmour said he was 'happy' with the test flight result. The rocket had been sitting at the spaceport for more than a year, with numerous attempts to launch made in early 2025. However, previous test flight attempts were postponed due to external factors, including strong winds and technical issues. The flight lasted 14 seconds. Credit: Supplied 'The rocket wasn't designed to (sit in one spot), and we wanted to get off the pad at minimum,' he told the outlet. 'We had all four engines fire off nicely, we avoided the pad, the rocket is off the pad now and no visible damage to the pad.' The space technologies company will plan a second test launch in six months. Krystal Hender Credit: News Corp Australia Mr Gilmour said since the rocket avoided landing on the pad, the company would likely be able to launch a second test flight in about six months. Online, the Gilmour Space Technologies crew said the test flight was a 'big step for (Australian) launch capability'. 'Team safe, data in hand, eyes on TestFlight 2,' the post read. Mr Gilmour said it was 'almost unheard of' for a private company to launch a rocket ship to orbit the first time around. 'What's important is that every second of flight will deliver valuable data that will improve our rocket's reliability and performance for future launches,' he said.
News.com.au
2 days ago
- Science
- News.com.au
Gilmour Space Technologies launches rocket ship in Australian first
The first Australian-built rocket has been launched from Australian soil before crashing back to Earth. About 8.30am on Wednesday, Gilmour Space Technologies made history when its first orbital rocket, Eris, launched from Bowen in North Queensland. It recorded 14 seconds of flight before crashing back to the ground, a move that was intended by the team. Speaking to the The Courier-Mail, co-founder and chief executive officer Adam Gilmour said he was 'happy' with the test flight result. The rocket had been sitting at the spaceport for more than a year, with numerous attempts to launch made in early 2025. However, previous test flight attempts were postponed due to external factors, including strong winds and technical issues. 'The rocket wasn't designed to (sit in one spot), and we wanted to get off the pad at minimum,' he told the outlet. 'We had all four engines fire off nicely, we avoided the pad, the rocket is off the pad now and no visible damage to the pad.' Mr Gilmour said since the rocket avoided landing on the pad, the company would likely be able to launch a second test flight in about six months. Online, the Gilmour Space Technologies crew said the test flight was a 'big step for (Australian) launch capability'. 'Team safe, data in hand, eyes on TestFlight 2,' the post read. Mr Gilmour said it was 'almost unheard of' for a private company to launch a rocket ship to orbit the first time around. 'What's important is that every second of flight will deliver valuable data that will improve our rocket's reliability and performance for future launches,' he said.
Courier-Mail
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Courier-Mail
‘Super creepy': Mysterious ‘old haunted house' for sale
A 'super creepy' old haunted house shrouded in mystery is up for grabs in a richlist Aus suburb, 30 years after its owners just up and left everything due to a personal tragedy. Officially listed for auction as a two bedroom house, the sprawling home is substantially bigger than that, spanning an old Queenslander building and a brick extension with a self-contained flat whose roof is overrun with plants – adding to the ghostly allure. Locals have flocked to the property which was once believed to have been used as a war hospital, keen to see inside what many refer to as the 'old haunted house'. MORE: Shock twist for Aus dad with $740k fine NRLW's youngest captain defies odds MORE: Origin star Reece Walsh's staggering windfall $74,800 rise: Aus capital leading home price spike Architectural historian Marianne Taylor took an amazing first look through the property for her House Detective series on YouTube: 'It is full of antiques and furniture, toys … There's an old toilet, an old laundry and down these stairs there's something super creepy.' 'The story goes no one has lived here for over 30 years and when they left they just walked out and left everything. The table was still set, there was still food in the cupboard, so quite incredible.' She told The Courier-Mail that her preliminary research uncovered that the home could date back to even before 1912. 'It seems to show the Robertsons have owned the land since 1913 and the house was probably built around 1914 to 1915. It's so confusing because the back of the house and front look like they've had alterations at different times. But there's a chance it's earlier than 1912 because underneath the house shows a lot of alterations and changes.' MORE: How NRL stars are banking an off-field fortune Mapped: Owners of Aus' trashed islands named Ms Taylor said the property still in the same family's hands. 'They still own it that family. The brick extension was added in the 1940s, which is also why I think the cellar could possibly be an air raid shelter' – the 'super creepy' area via the bottom of a dark stairwell. But she added the home itself was outstanding for what it represented in Brisbane's history. 'It's a really good example of Federation Era architecture. It's a very unusual design inside and out. It's covered by the traditional building character overlay so in theory it shouldn't be able to be demolished.' MORE: Govt pays $3.3m for unliveable derelict house Cash-strap student turns $40k to 38 homes It was listed on as 'one of Paddington's most spoken about homes' – with many wondering how a property in such an elite location could be left vacant for 30 years, especially in a housing crisis. 'The history of this property indicates that it has been in the same family for 100 years and was once used as a hospital during the war,' Ray White agents George and Max Hadgelias said in their listing. 'The dwelling has not been occupied since the 1990s and will require significant works to bring it up to a comfortable living standard.' Property records show the current owner as one Dawn Robertson Mordue in the Australian Capital Territory. MORE: Inside content creator's $2.7m dream home switch Rent cricket star Chris Lynn's house for $2000/wk The site is a developer's dream, located in inner city Paddington on a prime 473sq m corner block with panoramic views of the Brisbane CBD just 3km away – and walking distance from Suncorp Stadium, home of the Broncos, Queensland Reds and location of the first Wallabies test against the British and Irish Lions this weekend. It has already generated strong excitement, with one of those who put a heart on a social media post about it being the Brisbane builder brothers the Grays, who were instantly rebuffed by diehard antique fans saying 'back off Graya'. MORE: ATO's dragnet: Millions of side hustles face shock tax bill There is genuine disbelief that anyone could just up and leave such an amazing Queenslander filled with antiques for decades – and that those features have survived that neglect intact since the 1990s. The listing said the home was 'spread over three floors' with a unique layout 'of grand proportions highlighting magnificent leadlight, tongue-in-groove panelling and soaring pressed metal ceilings'. 'The entry level comprises separate formal living and dining rooms, an eat-in kitchen, two spacious bedrooms are adjacent and have two-way access to a bathroom.' The property also has a brick extension which has separate access to a middle level that could be a self-contained flat with two separate bedrooms, a bathroom and kitchenette. Downstairs, there's a laundry, cellar and extensive storage. The home is just six minutes drive from the Brisbane CBD, and a short stroll from specialty shops in Latrobe Terrace, agents said, including local favourites Blackout Coffee, Hai Hai, Naim and Frank's Social Club. Children in the area go to Ithaca Creek State School and Kelvin Grove State College or private schools like Brisbane Grammar, Girl's Grammar, St Joseph's College (Terrace) and Marist College Ashgrove. The property is goes under the hammer at noon on Saturday July 26. MORE REAL ESTATE NEWS
7NEWS
12-07-2025
- Health
- 7NEWS
Leisel Jones: Australian Olympic swimming champ in better place after dark day she wanted ‘to end it all'
Leisel Jones has given an update on her wellbeing, less than two weeks after revealing she had wanted to 'end it all' in a raw and vulnerable post on social media. The Australian Olympic swimming champion said since then she had been inundated with messages of support. 'I just wanted to die in my sleep, I thought that would be the greatest thing I could ever hope for in that moment,' she told the The Courier-Mail. Jones, 39, said on her darkest day she had gone to work usual as a co-host on Triple M Gold Coast breakfast with colleagues Liam Flanagan and Peter 'Spida' Everitt and was feeling ok. But when she got home things shifted. 'It was a compounding of a lot of things,' she said. 'I think there's a lot of work stress at the moment, I think global issues, all that sort of stuff, nothing in particular.' She spent hours sobbing as her thoughts fixated on wanting to die, but three powerful words had brought her back from the brink: Stay until tomorrow. 'I had said it before but it was really crucial in that time because I was feeling so low, I was like just stay until tomorrow because you just don't know what tomorrow looks like,' she said. 'You actually don't know if you're going to have the greatest day of your life tomorrow but if you take your life now you will never get it.' In a post on July 1, the three-time Olympic gold medal winner shared how those three words that kept her alive at her darkest time. Jones posted two photos, the first of her sitting on stairs with her tear-stained face in her hand, the second was of her in an elevator after an hour-long walk along the beach. 'Stay until tomorrow', she wrote, was one of her favourite sayings. 'Yesterday was one of my worst days and I wanted to end it all. I think I have been battling high functioning depression for a little while now and have just gone back to work with a psych. In the dark moments I promise myself to just stay until tomorrow and it's amazing what the next day can bring.' She revealed that just 24 hours later she had a far better day. 'Today was spectacular. I had some free time after work and went on an hour long walk along the beach. No goals. No plans. Just enjoy the sunshine and the view. I was really missing my walking buddy @iammeagennay but walking by myself was enough. It changed my whole perspective on things. 'So if life has felt like a kick in the c..t lately, promise me you'll stay until tomorrow.' Jones' candid words were praised by Lifeline Australia, which commented on her post to say that her revelation could help many others struggling with depression. In her first interview since then, Jones said she is now feeling happy and calm and was being well supported by family, friends and professional help. 'I don't make this my identity … I have these moments but I have so many other elements of my life that are part of me that are so important,' she told the Courier Mail. 'I am really passionate about talking about it … With depression, it's not always sad sacks that mope about, it impacts some of the most high functioning people who get the job done and do it well and show up on time. 'That's why I said 'high functioning depression' because I still turn up to work, I still do all my things, I still do it with a smile on my face and it's sometimes you just have no clue what someone is going through, they just keep doing it.' Jones has previously battled depression, which first emerged during the peak of her swimming career when she was in her early 20s. She was the first Australian swimmer to attend four Olympic Games, launching her spectacular career at just 15 at the Sydney Olympics and then going to the 2004 Athens Olympics, where she was part of the gold-medal winning women's 4x100m relay. She also won gold for the 100m breaststroke and the 4x100 medley relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and had a glittering career that included many other swimming achievements. Jones said her Instagram post about her close call went 'crazier than I ever expected'. 'Those beautiful messages of people that it's helped, but there were other people that wished they had that saying before,' she said. 'I really had no idea that story was going to impact people and to be so extreme that it might save someone's life. 'I'm not a spokesman, I don't want to be any of that, it's not my whole identity, but if I could save one person's life with three simple words, that means so much to me.' Stream free on
West Australian
12-07-2025
- Health
- West Australian
Leisel Jones: Australian Olympic swimming champ in better place after dark day she wanted ‘to end it all'
Leisel Jones has given an update on her wellbeing, less than two weeks after revealing she had wanted to 'end it all' in a raw and vulnerable post on social media. The Australian Olympic swimming champion said since then she had been inundated with messages of support. 'I just wanted to die in my sleep, I thought that would be the greatest thing I could ever hope for in that moment,' she told the The Courier-Mail . Jones, 39, said on her darkest day she had gone to work usual as a co-host on Triple M Gold Coast breakfast with colleagues Liam Flanagan and Peter 'Spida' Everitt and was feeling ok. But when she got home things shifted. 'It was a compounding of a lot of things,' she said. 'I think there's a lot of work stress at the moment, I think global issues, all that sort of stuff, nothing in particular.' She spent hours sobbing as her thoughts fixated on wanting to die, but three powerful words had brought her back from the brink: Stay until tomorrow. 'I had said it before but it was really crucial in that time because I was feeling so low, I was like just stay until tomorrow because you just don't know what tomorrow looks like,' she said. 'You actually don't know if you're going to have the greatest day of your life tomorrow but if you take your life now you will never get it.' In a post on July 1, the three-time Olympic gold medal winner shared how those three words that kept her alive at her darkest time. Jones posted two photos, the first of her sitting on stairs with her tear-stained face in her hand, the second was of her in an elevator after an hour-long walk along the beach. 'Stay until tomorrow', she wrote, was one of her favourite sayings. 'Yesterday was one of my worst days and I wanted to end it all. I think I have been battling high functioning depression for a little while now and have just gone back to work with a psych. In the dark moments I promise myself to just stay until tomorrow and it's amazing what the next day can bring.' She revealed that just 24 hours later she had a far better day. 'Today was spectacular. I had some free time after work and went on an hour long walk along the beach. No goals. No plans. Just enjoy the sunshine and the view. I was really missing my walking buddy @iammeagennay but walking by myself was enough. It changed my whole perspective on things. 'So if life has felt like a kick in the c..t lately, promise me you'll stay until tomorrow.' Jones' candid words were praised by Lifeline Australia, which commented on her post to say that her revelation could help many others struggling with depression. In her first interview since then, Jones said she is now feeling happy and calm and was being well supported by family, friends and professional help. 'I don't make this my identity … I have these moments but I have so many other elements of my life that are part of me that are so important,' she told the Courier Mail. 'I am really passionate about talking about it … With depression, it's not always sad sacks that mope about, it impacts some of the most high functioning people who get the job done and do it well and show up on time. 'That's why I said 'high functioning depression' because I still turn up to work, I still do all my things, I still do it with a smile on my face and it's sometimes you just have no clue what someone is going through, they just keep doing it.' Jones has previously battled depression, which first emerged during the peak of her swimming career when she was in her early 20s. She was the first Australian swimmer to attend four Olympic Games, launching her spectacular career at just 15 at the Sydney Olympics and then going to the 2004 Athens Olympics, where she was part of the gold-medal winning women's 4x100m relay. She also won gold for the 100m breaststroke and the 4x100 medley relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and had a glittering career that included many other swimming achievements. Jones said her Instagram post about her close call went 'crazier than I ever expected'. 'Those beautiful messages of people that it's helped, but there were other people that wished they had that saying before,' she said. 'I really had no idea that story was going to impact people and to be so extreme that it might save someone's life. 'I'm not a spokesman, I don't want to be any of that, it's not my whole identity, but if I could save one person's life with three simple words, that means so much to me.' Lifeline: 13 11 14. If you or someone you know needs help, phone SANE Au stralia Helpline on 1800 18 SANE (7263).
