The French team will return to action for the first time this year to ensure a full fleet of 12 boats takes part in the Sydney leg of the SailGP series on Saturday and Sunday. France missed the first two legs of the series in Dubai in November and Auckland in January because of equipment problems and will compete in Sydney with a new F50 catamaran.

Australian Tom Slingsby is ready to deny New Zealand a chance at redemption when the trans-Tasman rivals hit the water for the Sydney SailGP.

Living in Australia means you might have to accept coming across a snake or two on your property at some point. But one Sydney homeowner got more than he bargained for when a snake catcher unearthed 102 of the slithery reptiles hiding in his garden.

According to the post, David Stein called for the company’s help after he spotted what seemed to be six of these snakes slithering into a large mulch pile on his property in western Sydney. It proved to be a vast underestimate.