Duststorm swamps Australia's seaboard, heads to NZ

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Updated September 25, 2009 08:45:19

Over the past couple of days, most of the eastern seaboard of Australia has been blanketed by a massive duststorm 400 kilometres thick. The major cities of Sydney and Brisbane were coasted in thick, red desert dust from the centre of Australia, and the very same dust cloud is now heading for New Zealand across the Tasman Sea.

Presenter: Geraldine Coutts
Speaker: Shane McLeod, Sydney-based former correspondent to Papua New Guinea and Tokyo

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