Eugene Boisvert

6 days 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.

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

From its early days, Southend's men have been known for pioneering European settlement in South Australia's south-east and, later, setting up the lobster-fishing industry that would become a mainstay of the region. Now, the women in the community, starting with the Indigenous Boandik people, are being recognised in a new monument in the small town about 300 kilometres south-east of Adelaide.

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

Bovine bellows of glee rang out across a field in South Australia's south-east after a calf was rescued from a well it was stuck down for most of Thursday. The rescue came after hours of work from State Emergency Service volunteers, firefighters and other emergency services at a beef cattle farm at Yahl, just south-east of Mount Gambier.

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

A report is being prepared as part of the process to have a cave system that could be two million years old added to the South Australian heritage register. The Munro Karst system was provisionally added to the heritage list last year following the discovery of the caves in 2022. The system is located within the Munro Quarry, about 9 kilometres north-east of the Naracoorte Caves, which were added to the World Heritage List 30 years ago because of the megafauna fossils discovered inside them.

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

The population of some small towns has stagnated because the cost of new infrastructure is holding back development. Councils say that even small projects can make a big difference in isolated locations. Grant programs are available from the federal government, and the Liberal Party has promised funding for housing-related infrastructure.