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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Maddie Nixon |Zara Margolis
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Jodie Hamilton |Maddie Nixon |Joseph Baronio
School student Erica says living in an idyllic seaside town of about 650 people is really cool but the impact of its peak tourism seasons has her worried about how it will look in decades to come. The population of Coffin Bay, on the Southern Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, swells to more than 4,000 people during summer and Easter holidays. "Everyone just leaves litter," Erica, 11, said.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Maddie Nixon |Zara Margolis
For the first time, the remote community of Mornington Island has a permanent renal dialysis unit. Previously, many patients had to fly to Townsville or Mount Isa for treatment and were displaced for years at a time. Renal dialysis will also be available in the remote community of Normanton after hospital upgrades are complete.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Maddie Nixon |Zara Margolis
Travelling along a dusty outback road in north-west Queensland, a peculiar sight caught Finn Cain's eye. Not a tumbleweed, but a soft drink can seemingly blowing across the track. The 18-year-old apprentice boilermaker felt something about the scene did not look quite right. He urged his friend Clayton Tait, 19, who was driving, to pull over. "I was like 'Don't run over that can — there's a lizard in it'," Mr Cain said.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Maddie Nixon |Emily Dobson |Zara Margolis
Catastrophic floods and a late start to the wet season have caused havoc and devastation in the Queensland outback. Regions have been cut off from visitors just as tourist season is set to start. Providers urge tourists to be patient, with "flush of green" to bloom when flooding clears. For most of outback Queensland, April is considered the start of tourist season. The Easter long weekend, school holidays and cooler weather mean rodeos, festivals and camping.
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Feb 26, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Zara Margolis |Maddie Nixon
Between November and the end of January residents in the Queensland city of Mount Isa sweltered through a run of heatwaves that sent temperatures soaring above 38 degrees Celsius. There was little relief at night, when the temperature regularly hovered above 22C, and air conditioners were being run harder and for longer than usual. Ergon Energy said residential power use in Mount Isa was up by 10 per cent compared to last summer.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Maddie Nixon |Emily Dobson
Nestled on the edge of the Northern Territory's Simpson Desert, where red dirt stretches to the horizon and the nearest supermarket is more than 300 kilometres away, Urlampe Station is about as remote as you can get. Station owners Allan Rankine and Shirley Dempsey often make the eight-hour round trip across the Queensland border for groceries from Mount Isa, filling at least three trolleys each time.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Maddie Nixon |Jacob Round
Friendship is an important aspect of Grant Szabadics' local amateur astronomy group. They've managed to photograph Saturn on the horizon while capturing the hearts and wonder of all involved.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Maddie Nixon
For people living with disability, finding employment isn't always easy especially in regional and rural areas. But in North West Queensland, one outback beekeeper is looking to change that.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Maddie Nixon
Covered head to toe in the middle of a 40-degree Celsius heatwave, Cody Hannover carefully carries tens of thousands of bees from one hive to another. He says the trick to not getting stung is to "act like water". "Don't think of angry thoughts," he says. "Try to be placid as."The outback beekeeper thanks the buzzing critters for improving his wellbeing. "It's taught me a lot of patience," he says.
