A climber ascends the rope at Bondi Beach on April 2, in Sydney, Australia. A group of local Sydney men, including a number of World Record holders, meet three times a week to scale a five-metre rope bare handed. Editor's note: Pictures were converted to black and white and were received Aug. 27.

Climber Marcus Bottay warms up before climbing the rope at Bondi Beach on Aug. 20, in Sydney, Australia.

A climber ascends the rope at Bondi Beach on Aug. 20, in Sydney, Australia.

A policeman wearing protective equipment walks near a house where bomb squad officers are working to protect an 18-year-old girl in the exclusive Sydney suburb of Mosman, August 3, 2011. Australian bomb squads rushed to a house in a Sydney suburb Wednesday to defuse what media reports said may be an explosive device strapped to a young woman's body. Police said they could not confirm the reports that the device was strapped to the woman's neck or that the bomb scare was part of an extortion plot.

Onlookers stand behind a police tape near a house where bomb squad officers are working to defuse what media reports said may be an explosive device strapped to a young woman's body, August 3, 2011.

Sydney Wildlife World's new baby joey koala "Boonda" clings to its mother "Elle" on June 28. Koalas are under threat due to a shortage of suitable habitats due to mass land clearances, with Sydney Wildlife World launching KOALA HQ in July to help raise much needed awareness regarding the importance of conserving one of Australia's most iconic and adored marsupials.

Burning buildings at the Villawood Detention Centre, set alight during a protest by up to 100 immigration detainees in the early hours of the morning. The riot began on 20 April, when asylum seekers took to a building's roof reportedly in protest to the department denying their visa applications.

Detainees hold a protest sign atop a building at Villawood detention centre on April 21. Angry asylum-seekers torched an immigration detention centre in Sydney on Thursday, burning part of it to the ground after Australian authorities denied some of their requests for refuge, local media reported.

A man jumps off a jetty into Sydney's Harbor Bridge as part of celebrations for Australia Day, Jan. 26, in Sydney, Australia. Australia Day, formerly known as Foundation Day, is the official national day of Australia and is celebrated annually on January 26.

Beachgoers swim to shore after taking part in the annual Havaianas Thong Challenge World Record Attempt as Australia celebrates Australia Day at Cottesloe Beach, Jan. 26, in Perth, Australia.

People take part in a "Woggan-ma-gule" ceremony at Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens to mark the country's Australia Day holiday, Jan. 26. This area is considered an important meeting and ceremonial site to the Gadigal people that once lived around the harbor.

The Woggan-ma-gule Morning Ceremony is performed on Australia Day at the Botanical Gardens in Sydney, Australia, Jan. 26. The Woggan-ma-gule is the meeting of the waters on the Darug Nation and the lands of the Gadigal and neighbouring clans: Dharawal, Yuin, Gurik, Wonaroo and Awabakal. The ceremony is performed at both contemporary & traditional gatherings. The Woggan-ma-gule is the commemoration of the past and the celebration of the future. Australia Day festivities are being held across the country.

Tall ships parade the length of Sydney Harbor past the Opera House, back left, to mark the annual Australia Day celebrations in Sydney, Jan. 26. Australia used its national holiday on January 26 to call for Britain to hand over a map drawn by explorer Matthew Flinders in 1804 that depicted the vast continent under its modern name for the first time.

A ten-day-old gorilla named Kipenzi embraces its mother, Kriba, at Taronga Zoo in Sydney Jan. 25. The baby is the eighth born since the group arrived at Taronga Zoo from Appenheul in Holland in December 1996.