BBC – Australia plots success on snow

Australia, one of the world’s flattest, driest countries, is to invest US$45m (£25m) in a bid to become a Winter Olympics powerhouse.

It has announced plans to build a state-of-the-art training centre in the southern city of Melbourne, where temperatures this week exceeded 30C.

For such a sunburnt country, Australia was delighted with its two medals at last month’s Winter Games in Turin.

Aww.