Josh Brine

The surviving family of Brevet Sergeant Jason Doig says it supports plans to erect a memorial to him in Lucindale, as SA Police looks to fill his role in the small country town.

Amazed birdwatchers believe a young king penguin that approached them on a Coorong beach may never have seen a human before, with the species normally staying in Antarctica and on sub-Antarctic islands.

James and Mark have travelled the world together. Now they are aiming to inspire others entering middle age with their next journey.

The RSPCA says more than half of the members of a committee into the future of duck hunting attended a hunting lobby group dinner while they were still hearing evidence.

The sinkhole in Mount Gambier appeared last year after heavy rain. After seven months, the council has started to fill it in.

The feature in smart devices will play an increasingly important role in alerting emergency services to accidents and other incidents, a technology commentator says.

A Portland resident was horrified to find a dead koala dumped on the side of a dirt road. But then two days later, two more were found at the same location.

Nancy Wake famously rode about 500 kilometres in 72 hours, bluffing her way through Gestapo checkpoints to transmit a message. These riders will take a more leisurely approach to honour the war hero.

With 2030 emissions reductions targets looming, a potential Adelaide-Melbourne hydrogen freight route could present a greener option.

Emergency service workers and members of the public are still searching for a 14-year-old boy missing in the surf near the blowholes at Cape Bridgewater since Tuesday.

Ocean swimmers in SA's South East started wearing magnetic deterrents after one of their members was attacked by a shark. A researcher says the devices are giving them false peace of mind.

State Emergency Service and Country Fire Service volunteers responded to multiple calls for help when a storm front came through the town and lightning started a bushfire in Millicent, in SA's south-east.

Thousands of visitors have travelled to see a lane lined with glowing fungi in an isolated SA forest, but there is concern the rare mushrooms have stopped growing.

While hit films like Barbie have helped bring people back to their local cinemas post-pandemic, managers say that momentum has been lost as movie production has slowed.

As the Christmas season nears, the looming cost of presents and festive lunches is set to add stress to those already doing it tough.

Less than a week after Brevet Sergeant Jason Doig was killed near Bordertown, hundreds of Lucindale residents and police have paid tribute to the "good man" who they say gave the ultimate sacrifice.

A good spring and plenty of food have increased the number of bees looking to establish new colonies, but as the varroa mite moves through the region it could drastically reduce feral bee swarms.

More Surf Life Saving volunteers will be trained up to operate shark-spotting drones over patrol popular beaches this summer, to help protect swimmers after recent attacks.

An amateur photographer has been looking across two states for almost a decade for a small orchid resembling a flying duck. Then a tip from a friend finally ended his long search.

A museum collection assessor was expecting teapots and farming equipment in a small coastal museum when she made a find that sent her back 100,000 years.

At regional airports, everything from bees and birds to the weather can damage recreational planes. But a simple contact card set to go national could get pilots back in the air sooner.

Researchers suspect a shark, which washed up on a beach in Victoria's south west, was ripped open by a killer whale in a rarely documented interaction.

Grateful for the support they had received from locals when they first settled in Australia, Sunet Verwey and her husband joined the Country Fire Service. They are some of the new generation filling the void as older volunteers retire.

Izzy Sesto's catch off the south-eastern coast of South Australia was a few kilos lighter after a great white shark took the bluefin tuna's tail then had a "play" with the boat's motors.

The survivor of a terrifying shark attack at Beachport in South Australia's south-east initially thought the animal was another swimmer, her husband says — but he has little doubt his wife will return to the water after recovering in hospital and at home.