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Partial park closures on KI

At different times of the year, Kangaroo Island Wilderness Protection Areas and Conservation Parks are closed to the public to protect threatened species’ breeding habitat.Natural Resources...

Grant allows more access

Kingscote Football Club will upgrade their clubrooms thanks to a $10,000 grant through the Australian Government’s Stronger Communities Program. The club is planning to...

Nominate your KI heroes

Kangaroo Islanders are being asked to nominate their local heroes and admirable Australians for the 2017 Australian of the Year awards.There are four award...

Quake hits western Kangaroo Island

A 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck off Kangaroo Island on Sunday, rattling windows across the island.The event was downgraded from a 4.7 and struck about six kilometres...

Welcome reception

The days of the dreaded “no service” sign on western Kangaroo Island could soon be over after the region was selected in the federal...

Defence minister in Mayo

The federal government’s $50 billion submarine project at Osborne, Australia’s largest Naval investment since the Second World War, will have flow-on benefits for regional South Australia,...

Building children a future

Kingscote’s Rob Ellson has been in a remote part of northern Cambodia helping to provide free education to nearly 500 primary school-aged students from families who...

Studying the bandicoot

Southern brown bandicoots are considered vulnerable in South Australia. They occur on Kangaroo Island but are rarely seen and nobody knows whether or not...

Islanders get hands dirty

It is the perfect time to get your hands dirty for the glossy black-cockatoo, Natural Resources Kangaroo Island glossy black-cockatoo recovery project officer Karleah Berris...

Development brewing

A proposal by Bickford’s Australia to develop a visitor and function centre together with a microbrewery and distillery at Kingscote Wharf is now available...

Disaster preparedness for telecommunications on Kangaroo Island

Telstra says it is ready to support communities in South Australia this summer with 14 upgraded payphones, recovery equipment on standby and extra mobile...