Jodie Hamilton

From the wilds of the Great Australian Bight to the thrill of low-altitude crop dusting, pilot Kevin Warren has lived his dream job for six decades.

Whale poo found on a remote South Australian beach has the potential to help protect endangered southern right whales from climate change, by revealing clues about their diet and gut health.

The discovery of a 5-metre great white shark missing its jaws is labelled "bizarre and worrying" by an illegal animal trade expert.

Wendy Russ has delivered newspapers seven days a week, "rain, hail or shine", and kept watch over her close-knit coastal community while perfecting her tossing technique.

Regional fashion designers who source their fabrics from op shops, dead stock, and even off the sheep's back say they offer a more sustainable alternative to fast fashion. 

A group of volunteers who helped end plans for a 156-room casino resort near sea lion habitat in South Australia's Chain of Bays celebrate two decades of work to preserve the region's precious ecosystems.

A local fisher is calling for more to be done to warn people of the danger at a Streaky Bay beach where two women drowned this week.

SA Health apologises to a man who spent nine days waiting for surgery at the Royal Adelaide Hospital after shattering his leg in a football game.

Aussie rules teams across the Eyre Peninsula say a ruling by the SANFL that 15-year-old girls cannot play in the boys' competition this season has been handled "very poorly", with some players told mid-match.

Behind a schoolgirl's love for her idyllic seaside lifestyle is a fear that if change doesn't come soon, she may be among the last to enjoy her town's true beauty. 

What are the issues young kids living in rural Australia want federal leaders to hear?

Doing the washing is no chore for Linda Robinson and it has taken her onto the sports field in support of a women's footy team that has made the local Australian Rules grand final.

An amateur fisherman's ingenious plan to use his phone to monitor his fishing reel backfired when it floated out to sea in a bucket. He couldn't believe his luck when the phone turned up three days later. 

Almost two dozen regional councils in South Australia have banded together to share how childcare shortage is impacting parents living in their region.

A public chest freezer in the tiny Eyre Peninsula hamlet of Arno Bay is limiting the amount of fish waste going into bins and providing free bait.

A seaman who witnessed a routine boarding in SA's Spencer Gulf go wrong says lives are being put at risk needlessly.

Flinders Island off South Australia's Eyre Peninsula was once home to thousands of native animals, until humans inadvertently brought rats, mice and cats. 

South Australia's fourth-largest island is set to become an ark for mammal species recovery, funded by $4.8 million from governments including ridding the island of rats, mice, and cats. 

The deadly Wangary bushfire 20 years ago appears to have been the final nail in the coffin for yellow-tailed black cockatoos in South Australia's Eyre Peninsula. Ecologists are calling for urgent action before it's too late.

Ageing boomers, a nursing shortage, and a federal capital works system labelled as a "lottery" are forcing some older residents to separate from their families, some regional aged care providers say.

On January 11, 2005 a deadly fire near the tiny hamlet of Wangary on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula rewrote the record books in terms of fire spread and intensity, and prompted the state's fire warning system to be written.

An ambitious foreshore development transforms a rural town on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula into tourist destination, rather than a "toilet stop" for travellers. 

At least 600 kilometres from his nearest racing track, country teen Jett Zerk will train each day on his Xbox in his bedroom before heading to Bathurst.

Wirangu teen Mia Speed say she treasures the difference her book is making to empower and inspire her younger family members.

Some South Australian fishers are worried recreational catches are skewing the data on fish stocks, as amateurs aren't subject to the same regulations.