Tasmania’s leading wilderness charter flight business has been dealt a blow at the busiest time of the year, with a plane ...

It was a busy 24-hour period for police on Saturday, who had to rescue three bushwalkers. The first rescue took place at the ...

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A fault with a plane has forced a Tasmanian airline to scale back its services during the peak summer bushwalking season. Par ...

Two interstate bushwalkers have been rescued after becoming trapped on the side of a mountain on Tasmania’s east coast.

After a scary near-miss for two walkers in a national park, authorities are warning Aussies not to make the same disastrous ...

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Much of southern Australia is sweltering through a three-day "sticky" heatwave with increasing fire danger risks amid blazes ...

Major SFGATE expansion will see added coverage of national parks in Pacific Northwest, Southwest and Big Sky Country.