The Black Friday bushfires which swept across southeastern Australia in January 1939 have been remembered as a deadly and traumatic event.

Cabanas and swags were sent flying at a busy Adelaide beach on Saturday afternoon as a willy willy swept in, sending those in its path running for cover. The tall tornado-like freak weather event ...

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The carcass of a dwarf sperm whale is found washed up on an Adelaide beach, with a local tour boat operator who says he saw the "very rare" animal when it was alive and several kilometres offshore ...

A personal favourite is the delicate and slightly sweet coral perch, which pairs nicely with their crispy, ...

Beachgoers have been forced to flee the path of a willy willy as it tore down a South Australian beach, picking up everything ...

A smashed-up car is stranded on a popular Adelaide beach after it was driven off a cliff, plummeting up to 50 metres to the sand below. Police and emergency services were called to Gulf Parade ...

Police allege a Holden sedan was driven over a 50m cliff at Maslin Beach in Adelaide’s south on Sunday. Image/Russell Millard Photography A 30-year old female driver from Northgate and a 30-year ...

Those without verandas or gardens slept in Adelaide’s public squares and beaches. Irene Ingram lived in the closely-packed row cottages of Adelaide’s East End in the 1930s with her husband and ...