Eugene Boisvert

Mount Gambier

Digital Producer at ABC News (Australia)

Journalist for @ABCNews covering South Australia’s great South East. Posts and likes are my personal views, not the ABC’s. Email [email protected]

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Lamb almost starves to death after being locked in Mount Gambier skate park

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Eugene Boisvert

Three lambs were found in Mount Gambier locked in a skate park by a council ranger on Sunday. A wildlife carer and then a rescue organisation have brought one of the lambs back to health, after it was found writhing on the ground. The lamb will be monitored to see if it has suffered any long-term injuries. A newborn lamb is recovering from almost starving to death after being locked in a Mount Gambier skate park by a council employee for two days.
South Australian drought sets low-rainfall records in farming areas

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Eugene Boisvert

Every part of southern South Australia has had much lower-than-average rainfall over the past year. A climatologist says it is part of a general trend of less rain in south-eastern Australia. The lack of rain for two autumns in a row is worrying farmers about the next harvest. All of South Australia's agricultural areas are in a severe drought, with many locations receiving record-low rainfall over the past 12 months.
Smiles at Australian Kelpie Muster as rain falls on drought-hit Casterton

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Eugene Boisvert

Rain is usually unwelcome at outdoor events, but in the drought-stricken town of Casterton there were smiles all around during the Australian Kelpie Muster over the weekend. "You could just about hear the smiles on people's faces," said event founder Jack Matthews. From Friday night to Sunday morning, 48.6 millimetres of rain fell in the western Victorian town — more than the rest of the year to date combined.
Hopes high after ocean temperatures off SA coast drop amid algal bloom outbreak

4 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Caroline Horn |Eugene Boisvert |Samuel O'Brien |Kathryn Bermingham

Ocean temperatures off South Australia's coast have dropped following storms this week, sparking hopes the toxic algal bloom will soon end. Offshore buoys looked after by Flinders University, which measure sea surface temperature, show it has dipped below 16 degrees Celsius at Robe for the first time in about two months. Ocean temperatures have also dropped near Adelaide and Victor Harbor. A buoy at West Beach recorded sea surface temperatures of 15.38C yesterday after reaching 16.56C on Sunday.
Millicent woman makes 10,000 free fabric shopping bags to fight waste

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Eugene Boisvert

Jody McKechnie began making and giving away 10,000 shopping bags a year ago. She has achieved her goals ahead of the Re-A-Range Festival this weekend. Ms McKechnie hopes the project will encourage more conversations about plastic use. A woman from the South Australian town of Millicent has achieved her goal of making 10,000 fabric shopping bags just in time for a local festival celebrating sustainability.
Revered poet's house in balance as fans of 'eccentric toff' pan glamping plan

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Eugene Boisvert

Poet Adam Lindsay Gordon's house has mostly been closed to the public since 2020. A businessman wants to set up glamping tents at the site but some fans of Gordon oppose the idea. The National Parks and Wildlife Service will release a new management plan in June. The home of one of the first Australian poets to be recognised internationally has sat mostly closed to the public for the past five years amid a stoush over a former dot-com-boom millionaire's bid to install glamping tents.
Australian man found dead at beach on Thailand island of Phuket

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Eugene Boisvert

The brother of an Australian man whose body was found at a beach in Thailand says he loved swimming and that his death appears to have been an accident. Ben Heathcote confirmed to the ABC that the body of his brother, Anthony John Heathcote, 41, was found at Freedom Beach in Phuket on Saturday. He was last seen three days earlier. Mr Heathcote said his brother, a father of two, was a "remarkable" man and an "adventurous spirit" who loved travelling and getting to know different cultures.
Limestone Coast's famous sinkholes and other diving spots see water levels drop amid drought

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Eugene Boisvert |Josh Brine

The owner of one of the Limestone Coast's most popular diving spots has joined a world-famous cave diver in calling for more action to be taken to preserve water levels in the region's sinkholes and wetlands. The concerns raised by Kilsby Sinkhole owner Graham Kilsby and cave diver Richard Harris come after one of the driest years on record in South Australia's south-east. Their concerns are also amid a review of water allocations that has pitted environmentalists against farmers and foresters.
TikTok inspired Victorian couple to counterfeit money, Mount Gambier court told

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Eugene Boisvert

A Victorian couple has been jailed for printing money and using it at a petrol station after getting the idea from TikTok. Craig Batten, 45, and his partner, 29-year-old Keanna Morrison, were sentenced in the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court to five months behind bars for making $750 in cash and using a $100 note at a petrol station in Mount Gambier in January. Batten told the writer of a pre-sentencing report that he had came up after watching a video on social media.
Drought brings out millions of ladybirds — but it's a good thing

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Eugene Boisvert |Conor Burke

The drought and recent cooler weather are causing ladybirds to gather in huge numbers around Mount Gambier, in South Australia's south-east, but an ecologist says it is a good thing. Photographer Darren Archibald was out last weekend and snapped photos of thousands, if not millions, of the insects aggregating on Stobie poles, fences and plants along Wandilo Forest Road in Dismal Swamp. "There are so many of them that the ground is covered," Mr Archibald told ABC South East SA.