AN Italian plant physiologist and geneticist has turned to the art of blacksmithing in the Adelaide Hills, after universities across the country struggled to keep research programs running in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Mount Gambier teenager with a heart of gold, who organised several convoys of hay laden trucks for bushfire ravaged areas across the state, is in the running to be SA's 2022 Young Australian of the Year.

JUST as comfortable on-stage as they are in a tractor cab, these Yorke Peninsula farmers have played at some of South Australia's most iconic music venues and have become a well-known staple of the state's music scene.

Young Mid North students with a "fire in their belly" desire to pursue their dream career are being given a boost, thanks to a rural fund set up by a group of passionate locals keen to see them succeed.

Bushfire Kids Connect is a new educational program set to be rolled out across SA schools.

While international competitors may have been sidelined this year for the Quilton Australian Dunny Derby, competition remained as fierce as ever in the western Queensland town of Winton on Friday night.

With no preconceived notions photographer Dion Georgopoulos travelled across Outback NSW's vast spaces, camera in hand ready to capture its beauty.

Parndana teenager Regan Clark is turning a potential waste product into something useful.

In a family farmhouse in the north west of NSW, many brides' dreams have come true thanks to one of the state's most in demand dressmakers.

Speculation is rife in the Gold City and on social media that Charters Towers has been chosen as the next destination to host the Australian Survivor television series.