Outdoors stories about animals, climate, weather, built, farming, sea and resources
The NSW surf life-saving patrol season starts tomorrow amid growing interest, and membership, in their work over the last 12 months. The season runs from September 27 to April 26, 2026, and is marked by a symbolic raising of the […]
Coastal residents around the world are relocating inland away from coastlines as sea levels rise, a new international study shows. But the poorest regions are forced to stay where they are or move closer to the rising sea, it adds.
Bangalow Koalas reckons it’s on track to plant 500,000 trees for habitat restoration work this year – if only one certain furry marsupial would stop eating them. A young koala has been caught munching on seedlings at the Eastern Forest
Federation-era yachts will gather on Sydney Harbour waters again, including some nearly 140 years old and an Edwardian steam yacht. The Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney Amateur Sailing Club and Wooden Boat Association of NSW are gathering 13 sailing centurions
The first of 80 new fire trucks for Queensland is expected to come off a Brisbane assembly line next September. Volvo and Fraser Engineering Group will build and repair the trucks for the Queensland Fire Department (QFD) in an $80m
Extending the Tonkin Highway by 14 kilometres should create an estimated 4400 jobs with work under way, says the WA Government. The $1 billion-plus Tonkin extension and Thomas Road upgrade is described by it as one of the biggest road
Calls for help from bushwalkers in the Tasmanian wilderness have prompted a police warning to be ready or cancel outdoor plans. “Over the past two weeks, police responded to several requests for assistance from bushwalkers in north-west Tasmania,” says Inspector
Early detection AI cameras are to be rolled out in fire towers across central and southern NSW softwood forests. The NSW Government is installing the cameras in its fire tower network to improve firefighting response times. The cameras can scan
In the space of one night, New Zealand’s population went from 5 million to 695 billion – kind of. Maybe. From a certain point of view. The playful population count is part of a NZ conservation campaign and takes in
Unseasonal hail storms and forecasts of a wet spring is prompting Moreton Bay City Council to call on ratepayers to prepare for the storm season. Moreton Bay City Council says that parts of its catchment, in areas like Caboolture and
