South Australia's Goolwa Beach lets four-wheel drives run 12 kilometres along the sand to the mouth of the Murray River, and a Ngarrindjeri elder wants that to change. Cedric Varcoe says keeping vehicles off the beach could help protect endangered birds, as rangers and volunteers try to save as many chicks as they can this breeding season, ABC News reported on Sunday 11 October.

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