Nature tourism

Friday, February 21

SA outback springs to life after record rain

Tourists and holidaymakers are being urged to head to the South Australian outback as heavy rain breathes new life into one of the most ancient landscapes on earth.

Whale baby boom confirms southern right recovery

Australia’s southern right whale population has reached its highest point in more than a century, with record numbers sighted this year at the calving ground at Head of Bight in South Australia.

Bottlenose dolphins. Photo: Peter Nijenhuis / flickr

SA sanctuary bid to save dolphins

An aquatic resort could help save a wild dolphin colony that has become reliant on human food handouts off the coast of Whyalla.

Great 'inland sea' filling with water

The arrival of water in South Australia’s Lake Eyre draws tourists from near and far, and locals are hopeful of a good season in 2016. The desert yacht club is even planning its first regatta in four years.

Into the wild with Bob Brown

A new book by environmentalist and former Australian Greens leader Bob Brown captures the beauty of Australia’s beautiful coastlines, deserts, forests, lakes and rivers.