A widowed pensioner who put a heartfelt plea for a fishing buddy onto an advertising site not only landed a fishing mate but also a trip of a lifetime.

Twenty-one seconds is all it took for Wendy Atkinson's 2-year-old to scale their regulation-standard pool fence.

Veteran Aussie Brad Hodges has joined the chorus of disapproval calling Brendon McCullum's ban "a mockery".

Social media users are lashing out at Jetstar Australia after a family was kicked off a flight from Bali to Adelaide - but the airline is standing by its decision.

A tourist has told how she almost got in the car during an outback encounter with a man now charged with murder.

Shot man had threatened 3-year-old daughter with a gun, say Adelaide police.

Thousands of children go missing every year. Some never make it home again.

More than 6000 sign up to become first-time blood donors

Jasmine White's body was discovered in South Australia in a crushed car with catastrophic injuries but now there are claims she was dead before the crash.

North of Adelaide, the Stuart Highway undulates through a bucolic landscape of cereal fields, sheep farms and vineyards.

Native-born Australians ignore elegant, artistic Adelaide - and Mark Chipperfield is glad.

The Australian Football League is reeling and a premiership match has been cancelled after the killing of Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh, allegedly by his 26-year-old son, Cy.

South Australia's picturesque state capital offers plenty to see and do for travellers on a budget, writes Shandelle Battersby.

SkyCity Entertainment Group has resolved car parking issues at its big Adelaide casino, restaurant and bar redevelopment.

Seven homes have been confirmed destroyed and many more are suspected to have been lost as a major bushfire continues to burn fiercely through the Adelaide Hills.

Mitchell Johnson took on supernatural-like powers of intimidation in Australia's routing of England last summer.

A man accused of plunging a 'Lord of the Rings' replica sword into his girlfriend’s head has been found not guilty.

Penfolds' founder knew nothing about winemaking when he came to Australia in the 1840s, but his spirit lives on, writes Shandelle Battersby.

SkyCity Entertainment Group has begun its A$350m ($370m) Adelaide redevelopment, reshaping and refurbishing areas in the historic railway station it leases.

Residents in South Australia are enduring temperatures of more than 40 degrees this week. The Conversation explains what's behind the extreme heat.

Four weeks of over-the-top partying – that's Mad March in Adelaide, writes Henry Porter.

If you haven’t been to the capital of South Australia, you might be surprised by how cute it actually is.

CheeseFest - Australia's biggest cheese festival - hits Adelaide on October 26 and 27 at the picturesque Rymill Park.

Australia's festival state throws a giant bash in praise of verbal variety, as Jon Bridges discovers.

There's no better place to start your Australian wine-tasting journey than the McLaren Vale area, where Michael Van de Elzen finds long-established wineries and some wonderful olives and cheeses.

For many years, Australia's McGuigan Wines have been on New Zealand shelves as entry-level and popular premium wines.

Mike Van de Elzen samples the boutique breweries of South Australia.

Australia's festival state throws a giant bash in praise of verbal variety, as Jon Bridges discovers.

Jon Bridges on some of the highlights of the inaugural Word Adelaide festival.

Mike Van de Elzen on the food and wine trail in South Australia.