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Police say 11 explosive devices have been found along a 1km stretch of footpaths in north-west Canberra over the last few days.

Some were already detonated prior to being found, and some have been detonated by police, but no one has been injured.

Members of the public are being urged to call Triple Zero (000) if they find an item resembling the devices, and to avoid touching it.

But this remote island located in the middle of the Irish Sea has earned a new — and perhaps unexpected — reputation. It's home to an iconic Australian marsupial: the red-necked wallaby.

In 2023, drone surveys by Manx Wildlife Trust identified 568 feral wallabies in Ballaugh Curragh, a protected marshland area on the Isle of Man.

Just two years later, the population had grown to 1,000 to 1,300, according to estimates from the local conservation charity.

A total fire ban will be in place in the ACT on Saturday, January 10.

ACT Rural Fire Service Chief Officer Rohan Scott said winds of 60km/h were predicted on Saturday, prompting them to impose the ban.

Canberrans have been urged to review their survival guides and prepare their properties for a bushfire.

About 130,000 people are expected to attend the country's largest car festival, Summernats, in Canberra over four days.

Police have warned punters against hoon driving and antisocial behaviour, after seizing four vehicles before the festival began.

High-visibility police patrols will roam Exhibition Park and Braddon throughout the event.

Major upgrades to Canberra's Commonwealth Avenue Bridge are underway, with three of the bridge's six lanes to be closed from Wednesday afternoon (7/1).

Construction will be staged over two years, with each side of the bridge closing for about 12 months, starting with the northbound side.

Once the first stage is complete, works will shift to the southbound side for a further 12 months.

Residents are being urged to check the Revenue NSW unclaimed money register, with about $300 million waiting to be returned.

There are more than 800,000 individual payments being held by the state government in the form of unclaimed business refunds, dividends or cheques.

Some items are of low value, while others range in the millions of dollars.

At least seven explosions, low-flying aircraft, and one column of smoke have been seen in Venezuela's capital, Caracas, according to eye-witness reports.

The southern area of the capital, near a major military base, was also without electricity.

Venezuela's government did not immediately reply to AP's request for comment.

The cause and and precise locations of the disturbances were not immediately clear.

Update: US President Donald Trump says the US has captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

A somewhat diminished crowd compared to usual in Canberra due to a storm earlier, but the fireworks still looked nice.

Varroa mite is expected to infest ACT beehives and destroy about half of them over the next two years.

The resulting drop in pollinators will affect local fruit and vegetable production.

The ACT government is urging beekeepers to register hives and adopt strategies to help colonies survive.

A large-scale soft plastics recycling facility at Taree is processing most of Australia's recycled soft plastics and stockpiled waste from the failed REDcycle scheme.

Processed soft plastic is sent to a range of Australian manufacturers for reuse in a range of products.

Efforts are underway to boost demand for products made with recycled plastic.

Anyone have ideas as to what species this young palm tree is? It grew by itself and I'm considering transplanting it to a more open location, but ideally I'd know what it will turn out to look like long term before I do that. This is around Canberra which might help narrow it down (i.e. it has to be something fairly cold tolerant).