The Latest Breaking News from Eyre Peninsula

Conservationists thrilled to see new eggs from endangered osprey at Port Lincoln

Birders hope ospreys are taking to a series of artificial nests on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula as laying season starts.

ABC News · Aug 17, 2022

Tuna found dead in cold water shallows of Eyre Peninsula's Coffin Bay

A two-and-half-metre tuna has been found washed up in the shallow waters of Coffin Bay on the Eyre Peninsula over the weekend.

ABC News · Jul 25, 2022

Female-friendly football changing facilities lacking in Eyre Peninsula, Western SA

Football clubs in regional South Australia worry the lack of female-friendly changing facilities will turn women off from participating in the sport.

ABC News · Jul 8, 2022

Eyre Peninsula desalination plant moves a step closer as potential sites chosen

An independent committee has short-listed four of the most suitable locations on the lower Eyre Peninsula for a desalination plant

ABC News · Apr 12, 2022

Families 'disgusted' at state of Poonindie cemetery, home to Eyre Peninsula traditional owners and pioneers

Descendants of Aboriginal traditional owners and settlers buried at an overgrown, decaying cemetery on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula are "disgusted" by its condition.

ABC News · Mar 29, 2022

Trainee doctors need more than just money to stay in regions like Eyre Peninsula, GPs warn

Doctors welcome the federal government's approval for two Eyre Peninsula medical clinics as rural doctor training sites to help attract and retain urgently needed GPs in the regions.

ABC News · Mar 18, 2022

Eyre Peninsula residents cut off by flooding endure another 'lockdown'

Councils across the Eyre Peninsula are tallying the damage bill from the storm, but mental health advocates are concerned by the hidden cost to residents.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2022

Mining company says federal loan for SA graphite project will benefit electric car development

A mining company with plans to create a graphite project on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula says a conditional loan from the federal government will cover most of its initial costs at a time when materials for batteries are in growing demand.

ABC News · Feb 2, 2022

Terrifying moment Great White shark leaps into air metres from tourists' boat

This is the hair-raising moment an enormous three-metre Great White shark jumped out the water beside an unsuspecting group of tourists in the Eyre Peninsula, Southern Australia

Daily Mirror · Jan 29, 2022

South Australia makes major emergency declaration over storm damage and flooding

Severe weather has destroyed homes on the state's Eyre Peninsula and cut off major freight routes with Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

ABC News · Jan 28, 2022