According to theage.com, “SEVERAL national parks and state forests have been closed in Victoria’s north-east after 37 bushwalkers had to be flown out because of bushfires.” Read Article
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As reported by radioaustralia.net, “The category one cyclone was expected to intensify into a category two over the course of the day. Mulipola Titimaea, from Samoa’s National Disaster Management Office, told Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat the system was unpredictable.” Read Article
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As reported by the guardian.co, “The man, named as Paul Marshallsea, was on a beach north of Brisbane in Queensland when a siren was sounded to warn of a shark in the water.” Read Article
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According to news.com, “The 68-year-old woman died in Launceston General Hospital after the car she was a passenger in was hit from the rear by a cattle truck in the state’s north.” Read Article
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According to frasercoastchronicle.com, ” SWIMMERS have been warned not to enter the water at the mouth of Eli Creek after two crocodile sightings in less than a week.” Read Article
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According to the Herald Sun, “In Tasmania, residents and tourists stranded on the Tasman Peninsula for five days have finally been led out of the devastating bushfire zone as fire crews continue to battle blazes across the state.” Read Article
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According to The Sydney Morning Herald, “A British tourist has fallen 80 metres to his death off a waterfall in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, police say. Officers were told the man, believed to be aged in his 20s, fell at Wentworth Falls at around 2.15pm on Sunday.” Read Article
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Israeli tourist visiting Fiordland, New Zealand killed in car crash As reported by The New Zealand Herald, “An Israeli woman killed in a car crash in Te Anau on Saturday has been named by police.” Read Article
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Two men have been been flown to hospital after being pinned under a Fraser Island tourist bus. The 49-year-old bus driver and a 29-year-old passenger were trying to change a flat tyre, north of Maheno Wreck on 75 Mile Beach, when another passenger stepped back on the bus causing the vehicle to shift off the […]
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A WODONGA girl’s 17th birthday today has been marred by a callous bomb attack. Police say the girl and her friend, a 15-year-old girl, were walking home from Birallee along Melrose Drive about 8pm last night when a 300 millilitre bottle was thrown from a car. BOMB: chloride and brake fluid. Read Article
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