Royal National Park
Search to resume for fisherman missing in Royal National Park
It is feared the 71-year-old man, who left his home in Dundas on Friday morning to go fishing in the national park, was swept off the rocks.
- by Olivia Ireland
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You don’t need to travel the world in a maritime career
There are plenty of maritime jobs that involve going home at the end of the day.
- by Sue White
Sydney hit by severe thunderstorm
Sydney and Illawarra were battered by a severe thunderstorm that brought intense rainfall and flooding, causing traffic delays across the greater city.
- by Olivia Ireland, Anthony Segaert and Sarah Keoghan
How Barangaroo’s Crown Tower has changed Sydney’s skyline
Viewing Sydney’s CBD from its north, east, south and west vantage points highlights just how much development at Barangaroo has shaped our city.
- by Anthony Segaert
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.
- by Laura Chung and Abby Seaman
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Weather
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.
- by Ben Cubby
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.
- by Angus Dalton
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Biodiversity
‘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.
- by Peter Hannam
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.
- by Peter Hannam
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.
- by Fergus Hunter
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.
- by Sarah McPhee