American balloonist Steve Fossett waves an Aboriginal boomerang as he arrives at a media conference in Sydney July 4, 2002 just hours after he landed near the outback station of Durham Downs, located some 300 kilometres southeast of the outback town of Birdsville. Fossett successfully completed the first solo circumnavigation of the world in a balloon nearly two days ago, but due to unfavourable winds, had to float nearly half-way across Australia before being able to land safely.