Here are the answers to the quiz and crossword in Journeys Winter 2026.
Quiz
1. Australian landscape painter Arthur Streeton was one of the founders of which group of artists?
2. Mt Wellington/Kunanyi is the imposing backdrop to Hobart. How high is it?
3. Which island in the Indian Ocean became a territory of Australia in 1958?
4. What bank was formerly known as The Bank of NSW?
5. Which rivers are most closely associated with Launceston in Australia?
6. Which Australian capital city has the least daylight on the shortest day of the year?
7. Who wrote the classic 1888 bushranger novel Robbery Under Arms?
8. A skink is a type of what?
9. What does the expression “yonks” mean?
10. Recorded in Charlotte Pass in 1994, what is Australia’s lowest recorded temperature?
ANSWERS
1 The Heidelberg School, 2 1271m, 3 Christmas Island, 4 Westpac, 5 North Esk, Tamar and South Esk, 6 Hobart, 7 Rolf Boldrewood aka Thomas Alexander Browne, 8 lizard, 9 a long time, 10 -23°C.
Crossword
Across
1. Waterproof hooded jacket (6)
2. Type of cybercrime scam (8)
3. Considered the national dish of Ireland (5,4)
4. Showing no skill; clumsy (5)
5. Years of a person’s age from 13 to 19 (5)
6. Have a specified beginning (9)
7. Sniff slightly or repeatedly due to a cold (7)
8. Very strong wind (4)
9. Self-righteously moralistic person (4)
10. Types of materials of which animals or plants are made (7)
11. Powered flying vehicle with fixed wings (9)
12. Dough extruded into various shapes and cooked in boiling water (5)
13. A quilt, stuffed with down or a synthetic material (5)
14. Viral respiratory infection (9)
15. Yarn made of three strands (5-3)
16. Remove or obliterate (6)
Down
1. Conclusive test of the success or value of something (4,4)
2. Popular salad dressing component (5,3)
3. Prolonged dull pains (5)
4. Doleful cry or wailing sound (7)
5. Area of snow used for skiing (3,6)
6. Polar region of a planet (3,3)
7. Assemble or accumulate (6)
8. Past tense of the verb strive (6)
9. Grate or hearth at the base of a chimney (9)
10. Person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance (8)
11. Become more intense or serious (8)
12. Relating to ice, especially in the form of glaciers (7)
13. Begin a round or hole of golf (3,3)
14. Robber or outlaw (6)
15. Intense feelings of warmth or passion (6)
16. Long, soft feather or arrangement of feathers (5)
ANSWERS
Across: 1 Anorak, 4 Phishing, 10 Irish stew, 11 Inept, 12 Teens, 13 Originate, 14 Sniffle, 16 Gale, 19 Prig, 21 Tissues, 24 Aeroplane, 25 Pasta, 26 Doona, 27 Influenza, 28 Three-ply, 29 Delete.
Down: 1 Acid test, 2 Olive oil, 3 Aches, 5 Howling, 6 Ski fields, 7 Ice cap, 8 Gather, 9 Strove, 15 Fireplace, 17 Nuisance, 18 Escalate, 20 Glacial, 21 Tee off, 22 Bandit, 23 Ardour, 25 Plume.