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Bushfires have closed the Eyre Highway for the second time this summer, with no confirmation of when the critical road route will reopen.

Firefighters are continuing to battle a series of bushfires sparked by lightning across a huge section of the state's south.

If you're driving between SA and WA this holiday season, keep your eyes peeled for southern hairy-nosed wombats, with up to 200 per square kilometre in some parts of the desert.

Carved into ancient limestone and bush, the world's longest golf course is attracting players keen to pit their skills against uniquely Australian desert hazards.

A Victorian truck driver was potentially infectious with COVID-19 during his stay in Western Australia between September 30 and October 3.

The southern hairy-nosed wombat might just have the perfect personality for life on the Nullarbor. Known for being "extremely funny" and "tough as nails" in equal measure, the once struggling species is now thriving in the vast, arid landscape.

Two outback roadhouses along a 910-kilometre stretch of the Eyre Highway have closed indefinitely but will continue selling fuel amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The WA Liberals have been accused of "politicising" a bushfire crisis after calling for the Emergency Services Minister to be sacked over his handling of this summer's fires on the Nullarbor.

Drought-affected shires in Western Australia's rangelands and wheatbelt are gearing up for a fight after being told they didn't qualify for drought grants.

The only sealed road linking Western Australia and South Australia reopens after being closed for 12 days because of bushfires.

Hundreds of travellers and transport workers are stuck in towns on either side of the Nullarbor Plain as fires burning in WA keep the Eyre Highway shut.

Almost 340 people are successfully evacuated from roadhouses on a remote Nullarbor highway after becoming stranded by bushfires that have closed down the border between Western Australia and South Australia.

Bushfires closing major highways on the Nullarbor could cost the economy millions, with food shortages and price increases tipped for Perth.

Truck drivers and holidaymakers are stranded on the Nullarbor after bushfires in WA cut the Eyre Highway, the only sealed route to South Australia.

Investigators release their initial findings into an accident that claimed the life of a male truck driver at a nickel-copper mine south-east of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

It has been described as "a little peculiar" but the 18-hole Nullarbor Links outback golf course is growing in popularity with tourists and golfers from all corners of the globe.

Have you ever seen the Great Australian Bight from the air? A truck driver with a passion for drone photography showcases some of Australia's most remote landscapes as he makes his weekly Nullarbor crossing.

Truck driver Ben Stamatovich is making the most of the remote locations his job takes him to by shooting drone photography on the Nullarbor Plain.

A driver campaigns for an emergency lighting system after a horror crash on the dark Nullarbor highway in which he shattered his foot, broke his elbow, fractured ribs and snapped a kneecap.

A billion dollars of investment in new WA mining jurisdictions is set to bring jobs and education opportunities to traditional Aboriginal landowners.

Despite broken bones and teeth, Scottish adventurer Mark Beaumont's gruelling bid to set a new record by cycling around the world in 80 days is on track.

A man is found severely dehydrated more than 24 hours after a fatal crash east of Balladonia in the Goldfields-Esperance region.

A search is underway for a missing West Australian couple who have not been seen or heard from since leaving Esperance in their four-wheel drive to go camping a week ago.

A man and a woman are dead after their car hit a tree on the Eyre Highway in southern Western Australia, bringing the number of fatalities on West Australian roads since Sunday to eight.

Motorcyclists overestimating their abilities and riding dangerously have been blamed for four deaths in Western Australia over the weekend.