Royal National Park creek runs black after coal mine pollution incident

Royal National Park creek runs black after coal mine pollution incident

Local trail runner James McCormack was jogging past the Hacking River last week when he noticed a black substance floating atop the water.

  • byLaura Chung andAbby Seaman

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Cargo ship in danger in wild weather off Sydney’s south
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Cargo ship in danger in wild weather off Sydney’s south

Rescue helicopters are deployed to the site and tugboats are on the way in an attempt to bring the ship under control.

  • byBen Cubby
Dashed hope:No platypuses left in the Royal National Park,research confirms

Dashed hope:No platypuses left in the Royal National Park,research confirms

DNA research proves platypuses have been wiped out from Australia’s oldest national park. But scientists have a plan.

  • byAngus Dalton
‘Ambitious and exciting’:Scientists to account for National Parks’ flora,fauna and ferals
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‘Ambitious and exciting’:Scientists to account for National Parks’ flora,fauna and ferals

For the first time,the state’s national parks will have their health monitored in a way that the public can also check,starting with the Royal and Kosciuszko parks.

  • byPeter Hannam
Fires ravaged not only plants and animals,but the soils beneath them

Fires ravaged not only plants and animals,but the soils beneath them

The Black Summer bushfires exposed critical top soil to erosion,stripping away millions of tonnes and placing at risk dozens of previously non-endangered plants and animals.

  • byPeter Hannam
Nude sunbathers rescued,fined $1000 each after being startled by deer and getting lost in bush

Nude sunbathers rescued,fined $1000 each after being startled by deer and getting lost in bush

The men called for assistance about 6pm on Sunday after becoming lost during a visit to a remote beach,police say.

  • byFergus Hunter
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Man dies after being winched from boat on rocks in Sydney’s south

Man dies after being winched from boat on rocks in Sydney’s south

A man has died after he was found unresponsive on his boat when it ran onto rocks at Bundeena in Sydney’s south on Monday afternoon.

  • bySarah McPhee
Lest we forget at the smallest memorial in NSW

Lest we forget at the smallest memorial in NSW

There are 28 names on the roll of honour at Little Garie Beach,a tiny community of shacks tucked away in the Royal National Park south of Sydney.

  • byTim Barlass
Man dies at Wattamolla in the Royal National Park south of Sydney

Man dies at Wattamolla in the Royal National Park south of Sydney

Police said the man in his 20s was pulled from the water but died at the scene.

  • byMegan Gorrey
'Yep,that's a deer':Cull to reduce the risk of stags in urban areas

'Yep,that's a deer':Cull to reduce the risk of stags in urban areas

Death comes instantly to a deer culled as part of the NSW government Local Land Services program.

  • byTim Barlass
Sydney-bound deer kept on the right track to Leichhardt

Sydney-bound deer kept on the right track to Leichhardt

"The hardest thing to deal with is that there is a Bambi factor. Unfortunately people don't have an understanding of the impact deer have."

  • byTim Barlass