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With distinctive characteristics, Split Fin and Bent Tip are part of an orca family that has thrilled South Coast residents since being spotted more than 20 years ago.

The local council in Robe, in South Australia's south-east, has decided to not spend ratepayers' money to investigate saving the town's famous obelisk from falling into the sea.

Fungi enthusiasts in SA's South East say there's a lot of interest in this year's season, despite recent cases of suspected mushroom poisonings.

Breweries are increasingly turning to unusual and sustainable products and production methods to stand out in a competitive market.

Residents of a town in South Australia's south-east are being enlisted in research into a shipwreck that killed 16 Dutch sailors in 1857 soon after offloading 400 gold miners from China.

Problems in Africa are leading to big increases in the prices of cocoa and chocolate — but consumers are still stocking up on eggs and bunnies for Easter.

Robe chocolatier Lisa Ruffell explains why chocolate prices are high ahead of Easter and how she and consumers are responding.

Mount Gambier woman Anelia Blackie has for the past three years had to make an uncomfortable five-hour car trip to Adelaide for treatment of the cancer in her spine.

More than 16,000 Chinese gold prospectors landed in Robe in the 1850s and 1860s on the way to the Victorian gold fields, but records are scarce on what really happened. 

The council operating the town on the cusp of a renewables boom is struggling financially and one of five SA councils deemed potentially unsustainable in a recent review.

Control measures have been extended for a deadly abalone disease in SA's South East, but the benefits of protecting that industry could be surpassed by the damage to lobster fishers.

This fisherman's catch of large southern rock lobsters is just as popular as the small ones.

The red and white obelisk is a must-see for visitors to the South Australian tourist town of Robe, but it's at risk of plunging into the water below.

The Robe councillor had a conflict of interest when he tabled motions which led to the council's chief executive being investigated and later resigning, an ombudsman's report has found.  

Residents and property owners in a town in South Australia's south-east are growing increasingly frustrated at services being reduced in what they had hoped would be an idyllic place to retire.

More Surf Life Saving volunteers will be trained up to operate shark-spotting drones over patrol popular beaches this summer, to help protect swimmers after recent attacks.

A South Australian recycling business says it has a world-first solution to transform the waste from powder coating production into plastic used in construction.

Councils along South Australian coastlines will meet in a bid for planning consistency to mitigate sea level rise and effects of a warming climate.

After an earlier recommendation was widely rejected, a new proposal to restructure football in South East SA has been put forward. 

Dredging is halted at a South Australian marina after the discovery of wakame seaweed, regarded as one of the country's worst marine pests.

When farmer Pao Ling Tsai set a trap to catch the predator that had been killing his chooks, he expected to catch a feral cat or fox. Instead, he caught a species that was thought extinct in South Australia more than 130 years ago. 

South Australian lobster farmers are entering a new season, hoping the return of the lucrative China market could be on the horizon. 

Fishers are eyeing a promising season and the federal government is continuing in its efforts to improve relations with China, which is still refusing to import Australia's catch.

More than 500 people were admitted to SA hospitals for dog bites in the past 12 months, but it's hoped a new public safety campaign will bring that number down.

A subdivision in a South Australian town with a severe housing shortage is stopped by the Native Vegetation Council because of the diversity of plant species on the property. Three rare animals may also live there.