SA health officials warn against eating wild mushrooms
South Australians heading outdoors as the weather turns colder are reminded not to pick and eat wild mushrooms. SA Health says were 16 hospitalisations...
Whale listening stations, coral cam deployed at Smith Bay
Whale sound recording devices and also possibly the world's first temperate coral cam have been deployed off Kangaroo Island's north coast.Marine researchers from the...
Feed supplier fined for importing dreaded caltrop weed onto KI
A South Australian feed supplier has been convicted and fined $7,300 by the Environment, Resources and Development Court of SA for importing the highly...
Financial counselling available for KI’s fire-affected farmers, small businesses
As the response to the recent bushfires turns to helping the Kangaroo Island community get back on its feet, there is extra business support...
Freemasons donate thermal imaging camera to the KI Council
The Glenelg Lodge of Freemasons has donated a welcome piece of firefighting equipment to the Kangaroo Island Council.A FLIR K2 thermal imaging camera was...
Returning tourism to Kangaroo Island discussed at commission roundtable
Tourism stakeholders on Kangaroo Island this week participated in an online roundtable to discuss the future of visitation to the Island.Doctors on KI are...
Flinders Chase National Park recovering, rebuilding after bushfire destruction
The Islander last month was fortunate to be granted access to Flinders Chase and was able to see the completed clean-up of the visitor...
New Kangaroo Island business hub to assist bushfire recovery
A dedicated $1.8 million program aimed at supporting the immediate needs of bushfire-affected businesses has been announced by the Federal and South Australian governments.The...
KI’s horror bushfire season officially ends, CFS restores fire breaks, re-equips
The horrific 2019/2020 bushfire season on Kangaroo Island will be officially over at midnight. The KI Fire Danger Season declared by SA Country Fire...
Inaugural KI Landscape Board to manage Island’s natural resources
The inaugural Kangaroo Island Landscape Board members have been appointed, joining chairman Andrew Heinrich, in leading a back-to-basics approach on managing natural resources in...
EV travels around SA: finding the Harold Cottee orchard near Renmark
Welcome to the second installment of our series featuring the adventures of Stan and Twig the collie dog driving their Polestar 2 EV to...
