KEN Madsen was preparing to put his boat back on its trailer. A family was fishing in a tinny nearby. A crocodile was watching from the opposite bank.

NINE members of a South Korean climbing expedition were killed after a violent snowstorm swept them off a cliff on Nepal’s Mount Gurja, one of the deadliest mountaineering accidents to hit the Himalayan nation in recent years.

WHEN tourist Scott Sewell picked up his rental car, he noticed a tiny issue he didn’t think was a big deal.

THE 18 men vying for the affections of this year’s Bachelorette, Ali Oetjen, have been deemed “lacking in racial diversity”.

CABIN crew have the patience of saints, ready with a smile despite the jet lag, swollen limbs and ungrateful passengers.