Paul Vriend's photo of a beaver swimming at Jackson Park leads the notes package from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

A broad high pressure system, currently south of Western Australia, is weakly ridging over coastal waters. This high will slowly drift eastwards, positioning itself south of the Bight on Saturday ...

A weak pressure gradient will persist over the north Queensland waters. A trough will move off the coast south of Ingham on Sunday. A new ridge will extend over the north Queensland waters from Monday ...