Adelaide snake handler yanks parasitic worm from pygmy copperhead snake and other top stories

Adelaide snake handler yanks parasitic worm from pygmy copperhead snake

An Adelaide snake catcher has filmed an awful bit of bush surgery in which he removed a parasitic worm from a threatened snake's insides. With the pygmy copperhead wrapped up in his fingers, snake catcher Rolly Burrell used his fingers to pick at what ... >> view original

Kane Cornes to retire from Port Adelaide Power and AFL after 300th senior ...

Port Adelaide premiership player Kane Cornes has announced he will retire from the AFL following his 300th senior match against Richmond later this month. Cornes addressed his team-mates and the media in Adelaide on Thursday, outlining the decision to ... >> view original

Tears and tributes, as head injury forces Adelaide Crows' Brent Reilly to quit AFL

It was the most predictable outcome in one of the most topsy-turvy seasons: that Brent Reilly would announce his retirement – and with tears. His sickening blow to the head during an Adelaide Crows training accident on February 9 – which left multiple ... >> view original

Ultimate Fighting Column: Australian UFC fighter Robert Whittaker earning ...

Last Sunday in Adelaide, the 24-year-old Sydneysider — whose first child is due to be born today — needed only 44 seconds to finish rising American Brad Tavares with a pair of devastating left hooks. The Daily Telegraph understands Whittaker received ... >> view original

Clarko fallout: AFL bans walk to the hotel

THE AFL has banned coaches from leaving games by foot and walking back to their hotel in the wake of Alastair Clarkson's altercation with an intoxicated football fan in Adelaide. The League met with South Australian hotel partners Accor on Monday to ... >> view original

The Adelaide markets we can't get enough of

“I personally looked at the position and couldn't see how it could fail,” Ms Taylor, of Port Adelaide, says. Wild at Hart market attracted more than 2500 people on its opening day. Those numbers have doubled in 12 months. “I didn't expect it to be as ... >> view original

City staff want Richmond-Adelaide bike lane to extend to Parliament

Jacquelyn Hayward Gulati, the city's manager of cycling infrastructure, said a survey conducted by her department “found that the (Richmond-Adelaide) cycle tracks are highly supported by cyclists, but also appreciated by the majority of the drivers ... >> view original

Old Adelaide Goal and police barracks set for future overhaul

He said the first step was to work out what was needed to connect the area with Bonython Park and the new Royal Adelaide Hospital site. “There is no imminent decision on the police barracks, for example, being moved out of there or any imminent ... >> view original

'Nasty young thug' Aaron Jade Grenfell jailed for at least three years over ...

An Adelaide teenager, who was described by a District Court judge as a "nasty young thug", has been jailed for five years for two attacks including one in Chinatown. Aaron Jade Grenfell, 19, assaulted four men in Chinatown in March last year, leaving ... >> view original

Adelaide: in the spotlight

Where to meet: Adelaide Convention Centre is completing a two-stage, AUS$400m development and unveiled the first stage in March, an extension offering an additional 4,300sqm of multi-purpose convention floor space and meeting space, alongside a ... >> view original