Eugene Boisvert

1 week 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.

1 week 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.

2 weeks 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.

3 weeks 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.

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.