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Businesses rush to install electric vehicle charging to keep tourists coming back

Popular getaway towns reliant on tourism are struggling to deal with a surge in visitors driving electric vehicles, so some business owners are taking matters into their own hands.

ABC News · Apr 25, 2023

South Coast community donates goods to set up Bruce Buchanan's social housing unit

Bruce was 74 when he moved into this social housing unit without a mug to his name. Then, a simple social media post changed everything.

ABC News · Apr 3, 2023

Pothole vigilantes warned against DIY road repairs despite massive backlog

Transport NSW has filled more than 50,000 potholes on the state's highways since March, with thousands more to do, but some are worried local roads have fallen behind.

ABC News · Jul 23, 2022

Peter Keeley murder trial hears differences in expert testimony may be grounds for acquittal

The NSW Supreme Court is told that if crucial differences in the forensic evidence given by two experts cannot be reconciled the two young men on trial must be acquitted.

ABC News · May 16, 2022

Peter Keeley's Supreme Court murder trial hears teens, not drugs, caused 56-year-old's Broulee death

In its closing address, the Crown argues that Peter Keeley died after being bashed and restrained by three boys, who were aged 17 at the time.

ABC News · May 13, 2022

Mangroves killed during Black Summer bushfires near Batemans Bay are not growing back

Mangrove forests near Batemans Bay were the unexpected victim of the Black Summer bushfires. More than two years on, they have not grown back and researchers cannot figure out why.

ABC News · May 2, 2022

Everest Marathon the pinnacle of challenges for 65yo Peter Counsell

The highest marathon in the world is so hard that some participants don't make it to the starting line, and those who do face 42 kilometres of altitude sickness, huge yaks, and the undefeated Nepalese.

ABC News · Apr 26, 2022

High hopes for Easter tourism to provide respite to struggling South Coast NSW towns

Coastal tourism operators are reporting a mixed bag for business this Easter, with some food and accommodation places busy while others fear rain, COVID and high fuel prices will leave them in a precarious financial position.

ABC News · Apr 14, 2022

Coastal erosion has south coast residents fearing they are one bad storm away from beaches disappearing

In the 42 years Rosemary Deadman has lived on the shore of Surfside Beach, she has watched the sea devour about 12 metres of beach, bringing the water ever closer to her back door.

ABC News · Apr 6, 2022