Melbourne, Nov. 25 : Some officials of Cricket Australia and Australian rugby league and cricket players believe that beleaguered cricket star Andrew Symonds is too loud and arrogant, and therefore, prefer to keep their distance from him.

According to The Courier Mail, it happened to Symonds at Brisbane’s Normanby Hotel on Sunday when several Kangaroo players decided Symonds was an incident waiting to happen and moved on to other company.

Adelaide/Melbourne, Nov. 25 : Cricket Australia has said that he expects to make an announcement on Wednesday regarding the future of troubled Test batsman Andrew Symonds, who is under investigation following a clash with a member of the public.

According to The Age, a statement released on Tuesday shows Cricket Australia''s enthusiasm to move quickly on the incident which occurred at a Brisbane hotel on Sunday night as Symonds was celebrating Australia''s 149-run win over New Zealand in the first Test at the Gabba.

Melbourne, Nov. 25 : South Africa’s snarling pacer Dale Steyn is expected to give Australian opener Matthew Hayden a torrid time in next month''s marquee Test series.

Pace ace Dale Steyn, 25, has already passed Allan Donald as the quickest South African to 100 Test wickets with an intoxicating blend of pure pace, aggression and swing.

In 26 Tests, he has 135 wickets at a superstar average of 22.08, having claimed nine, five-wicket hauls and twice finished with 10 wickets for a match.

Australia has never had to confront Steyn and his battle with an out-of-form Hayden who has always tried to impose himself on the new-ball bowlers, regardless of reputation.

Melbourne, Nov 24 : Anti-drugs campaigners were enraged after teenage school students were provided with a controversial brochure called ''A User''s Guide to Speed'', when they attended a State Government-promoted anti-drug and alcohol program.

The 35-page booklet was part of drugs literature displayed to up to 100 students of eighth standard and their parents during a community information day.

The rather ''debated'' booklet contains a section on "tips to avoid getting bad speed", along with many other messages for the teens.

Melbourne, Nov 24 : While the Internet is one of the basic necessities in today’s world, a rather interesting Facebook visualisation has shown how users communicate with each other around the globe.

In a video released by social networking website Facebook, one can see how the web has made global conversations a part of everyday life.

Melbourne, November 24: A carpet snake endured week-long torment before a mechanic found it tangled in a car’s air-conditioning fan.

Noel Padgham, who had often been in awe regarding the clunking noise, had taken her car to air-conditioning mechanic Kit Carson at Cheaper Car Air-Conditioning.

The 59-year-old opened the vent expecting the usual piece of paper might have slipped from the back of the glove box.

However, he instead he found a dizzy one-meter carpet python in the former Territory Minister’s car.

“Him and I both got a jump. He''d been spinning around like a bloody washing machine, but the end of his tail must have been hanging out - it was all feathered and ratty,” News. com. au quoted him as saying.