Barn owl baby boom welcomed in rural WA following mouse plague
Farmers and wildlife groups have reported an increase in barn owl sightings in Western Australia’s Midwest and Wheatbelt…
Researcher says pesticides could be harming Carnaby’s black cockatoos
Alarming levels of pesticides have been found in food sources of the endangered Carnaby’s black cockatoo, including levels…
Researchers harvest water from the air to grow native seedlings and rehydrate the Wheatbelt
Capturing water in the atmosphere and making it available for drinking could be the new frontier of water…
School in mouse-infested WA town closed after toxic bait spread on grounds
The Western Australian College of Agriculture at Morawa has been closed and students sent home until further notice…
Conservationists discover woylies can thrive outside fences in the Wheatbelt again in new groundbreaking study
A study has found threatened woylies can once again thrive in the Wheatbelt, just twelve months after a…
Weekly women’s social football competition a huge hit as Narrogin gives players an opportunity to stay in game
Women in the Upper Great Southern and Wheatbelt are getting the chance to play football weekly, after a…
Aerial photographer’s hunt for salt lake ‘Easter eggs’ yields striking images in WA
Scott McCook hunts “eggs” from the air, but not the traditional Easter kind. He’s spent eight years photographing…
Contemporary regional life looms large in major Brad Rimmer exhibition
When photographer Brad Rimmer was a boy, growing up in Wyalkatchem in WA’s central Wheatbelt, he had a…
Dumbleyung Lawn Classic 2026 hits record player numbers with 160 stepping on to the court
Tennis lovers celebrated Valentine’s Day in a special way with nearly 200 players from around the State competing…
Family praise Royal Flying Doctors Service one year after Gus McPherson, 10, breaks leg in motorbike crash
On a small trail, about 3km from his family’s home in WA’s Wheatbelt, 10-year-old Gus McPherson lay in…
Salt lakes’ ‘unreal’ rainbow of colours captured by photographer in WA’s Wheatbelt
Scott Jon McCook says the West Australian salt lakes he photographs from the sky can be like “little…
Hail and heavy rain batter West Australia’s Great Southern and Wheatbelt region
Heavy rainfall and hail that swept through parts of Western Australia’s Wheatbelt overnight have wreaked havoc on local…