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Britain's Andy Murray prepares to serve as he is watched by his coach Ivan Lendl, top second left, and Darren Cahill during his exhibition match against Argentina's David Nalbandian at the Kooyong Classic in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

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Spain's Rafael Nadal makes a forehand return during a practice session for the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

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The bungee cord tied to Erin Langworthy, 22, of Perth, Australia, snaps during her jump from the Victoria Falls Bridge over the Zambezi River in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Australian Channel 9 via APTN)

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** FILE ** Britain's Prince Philip arrives at Government House in Canberra, Australia, in this Friday, Oct. 21, 2011, file photo. Queen Elizabeth II's husband has been taken to the hospital after experiencing chest pains, British royal officials said Friday Dec 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Torsten Blackwood, Pool, file)

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A man who survived the sinking of a ship carrying asylum seekers to Australia is taken into an ambulance in Trenggalek, Indonesia, on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. (AP Photo)

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Tiger Woods poses with the Fanatics cheer squad at the 17th green after the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Royal Melbourne Golf Course in Melbourne, Australia, on Sunday. Woods' solid play at Presidents and the Australian Open is an encouraging sign to his fans that his form of old may be returning. (Associated Press)

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U.S. team's Phil Mickelson, left, is congratulated by his teammate Jim Furyk after sinking a winning putt on the 17th green during the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Royal Melbourne Golf Course in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/David Callow)

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U.S. team's Bubba Watson talks with teammate Webb Simpson on the 5th green during the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Royal Melbourne Golf Course in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/David Callow)

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President Barack Obama waves to the troops after speaking at the Royal Army Air Force Base in Darwin, Australia, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a parliamentary dinner in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Alan Porritt, Pool)

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President Obama reviews the troops with Federation Guard Maj. John Cottis (left) during an official arrival ceremony on Nov. 16, 2011, at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. (Associated Press)

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President Obama greets a crowd at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Field in Honolulu on Tuesday before flying to Australia. Republicans are chiding the president for the time he's spending abroad as a budget deadline nears. (Associated Press)

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Two men and their ultra-light plane hang from a Ferris wheel while two children sit in a carriage near the top of the ride at a country festival at Old Bar, Australia, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011. The four people were trapped in the tangled wreckage for hours after the plane crashed into the ride. (AP Photo/Carl Muxlow)

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Serena Williams talks to the chair umpire Eva Asderaki during the women's championship match against Samantha Stosur of Australia at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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Samantha Stosur, of Australia, poses with the championship trophy after beating Serena Williams at the U.S. Open in New York on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Investment banker Paul Douglas Peters is escorted from the federal courthouse in Louisville, Ky., after being arraigned in connection with a bomb hoax in Sydney, Australia. He is accused of locking a fake bomb around a teen's neck.

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Fans of Tour de France winner Cadel Evans of Australia wait for Evans to ride his victory lap after the podium ceremony in Paris, France, Sunday July 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

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New overall leader Cadel Evans of Australia celebrates on the podium of the 20th stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 42.5 kilometers (26.4 miles) starting and finishing in Grenoble, Alps region, France on Saturday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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Rob Deieso (left) and Adrian D'Alessandro, both of Adelaide, Australia, and Jesse Bull, an economics professor at Florida International University, stop to look at a graffiti-covered wall during a two-hour graffiti tour of the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami. Once derided as vandalism, graffiti in the form of artistic murals has become an accepted art form. Now visitors can take a two-hour tour by Vespa of the area's best graffiti. (Associated Press)

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A Muslim woman wearing a burqa shops at a market in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday, July 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)