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Boy dies after cliff fall

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A teenager died after falling off a cliff at Venus Bay last night.


Ocean deaths mar Easter holidays

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The body of a 17-year-old boy missing off South Australia's coast has been retrieved, bringing to four the number of deaths on the water in a horror long weekend for boaties.

Two dead in Eyre Peninsula rollover

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Two people have been killed in a road crash on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.

State Government digs in over garfish closure

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Venus Bay on the West Coast will not be re-opened for commercial netting of garfish despite a campaign by the four remaining fishermen to have it re-opened. The issue was explored in a "fish of the day" special broadcast on on ABC Eyre Peninsula and North and West.

Learning to untangle a whale

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The whale season has started and it's not just the tourist operators that are busy.

State-of-the-art technology targets feral cats

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A South Australian ecologist is using sensors and poison in a state-of-the-art trap to catch one of the outback's most notorious predators.

NRM officers Liz McTaggert and Tayla Bowden talk about using the feral cat trap in Venus Bay

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A feral cat trap designed on the Eyre Peninsula is helping bring back native animals to the Venus Bay conservation park. The trap, which shoots the cat with a poisonous gel and is then licked off, was designed by ecologist Dr John Read from Secret Rocks, near Kimba. It’s still in the research and development phase, but is being trialled in a few national conservation parks, like the one at Venus Bay. Brooke Neindorf caught up with Liz McTaggert and Tayla Bowden from the Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management board about how the trap works in the park and how effective it has been.

Historic jetties damaged in severe SA storm to be repaired

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Historic jetties damaged in South Australia's severe weather last week will be repaired with the help of $3.5 million pledged by the State Government.


State Government digs in over garfish closure

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Venus Bay on the West Coast will not be re-opened for commercial netting of garfish despite a campaign by the four remaining fishermen to have it re-opened. The issue was explored in a "fish of the day" special broadcast on on ABC Eyre Peninsula and North and West.

Learning to untangle a whale

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The whale season has started and it's not just the tourist operators that are busy.

State-of-the-art technology targets feral cats

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A South Australian ecologist is using sensors and poison in a state-of-the-art trap to catch one of the outback's most notorious predators.

NRM officers Liz McTaggert and Tayla Bowden talk about using the feral cat trap in Venus Bay

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A feral cat trap designed on the Eyre Peninsula is helping bring back native animals to the Venus Bay conservation park. The trap, which shoots the cat with a poisonous gel and is then licked off, was designed by ecologist Dr John Read from Secret Rocks, near Kimba. It’s still in the research and development phase, but is being trialled in a few national conservation parks, like the one at Venus Bay. Brooke Neindorf caught up with Liz McTaggert and Tayla Bowden from the Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management board about how the trap works in the park and how effective it has been.

Failed abalone farm could leave taxpayers with the bill for costly clean-up

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South Australian taxpayers may be left to pay for the clean-up of a failed abalone aquaculture venture off the state's west coast after it went broke for a third time.

Seafood industry continues to call for Senate inquiry into seismic surveys

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A Norwegian company that plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight has prompted fisheries to renew calls for a probe into a practice they say could damage their businesses.

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'Please reply': 50-year-old message in a bottle found in sand dunes

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A decades-old message in a bottle is found by a young boy during a fishing trip with his dad on a remote South Australian beach. Now, the search is on for its author.

Peanut butter-loving bilbies help researchers understand how they can thrive in the wild

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The vulnerable species breeds year-round in captivity and arid zones — but a study of re-introduced populations on the Eyre Peninsula suggests that may not be the case in southern parts of Australia.

Forgotten stories nailed to the wall of RSL brought to life as museum opens

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A team of volunteers, including a woman with chronic illness, have worked to piece together the untold histories of soldiers whose stories might otherwise have never been told.

State Government digs in over garfish closure

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Venus Bay on the West Coast will not be re-opened for commercial netting of garfish despite a campaign by the four remaining fishermen to have it re-opened. The issue was explored in a "fish of the day" special broadcast on on ABC Eyre Peninsula and North and West.

Boy dies after cliff fall

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A teenager died after falling off a cliff at Venus Bay last night.
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