Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett has
reached Australia and finally succeeded on his 6th attempt
in becoming the first solo balloonist to circumnavigate the
globe, completed after covering nearly 20,000 miles (32,000
kilometres) around the southern hemisphere.  It took
13 days in the air and his silvery balloon, often travelled
along at speeds up to 200 mph (322 km/h), at an altitude
more familiar to jetliners.