Searchers are on stand-by in Cairns in far north Queensland but are unlikely to continue looking for a missing French tourist on the Great Barrier Reef today. A search began on Thursday after the 71-year-old man failed to surface during a snorkelling trip at Hastings Reef, 25 nautical miles north-east of Cairns. Read article
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AN 80-year-old woman travelling around Tasmania has been reported missing.Dorothy June Milligan was last seen at the Port Arthur Historic Site on Saturday at 3pm and police are concerned for her welfare. Read article
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A TOURIST from Austria will probably think we’re a bunch of bushwhackers after he was punched while waiting to be served at a family restaurant in Airlie Beach. A very drunk 27-year-old Max Crane punched the tourist outside the McDonald’s Family Restaurant early last Saturday but the details only came to light today when Crane […]
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TASMANIAN rescue services are carrying the body of an English tourist from Cradle Mountain after bad weather prevented the use of a helicopter.The 51-year-old died on the summit of the famous mountain from a suspected heart attack while walking with a companion yesterday afternoon. Read article
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The decision to travel is the sole responsibility of the traveller. The traveller is also responsible for his or her own personal safety. The purpose of this Travel Report is to provide Canadians with up-to-date information to enable them to make well-informed decisions. Violent crime in Australia is low. However, petty crime such as pickpocketing […]
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A South Korean man has been found dead in a far north Queensland river. Police divers found his body on Sunday afternoon after he was reported missing about 6.30pm (AEST) on Saturday. Read article
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A Canadian couple, accompanied by their adult daughter, were on a month-long tour of New Zealand in a camper-van, were involved in a fatal accident with a tractor-trailer on (February 22) when the husband, age 62, turned in front of the truck, killing his wife, 60. His daughter and the truck driver had superficial injuries. […]
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AN early-morning punch in a kebab shop left a young Irish tourist dead and another man on a two-year court battle. A judge yesterday acquitted Tobias Liam Simmons in the Sydney District Court of Gearoid Walsh’s manslaughter, noting it was the victim who had “escalated the level of provocation”. Read article
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Police in Melbourne, Australia have recovered a body from a river in the search for a missing Irish tourist. The body of a man was located by police divers in the Yarra River today at about 1.30pm Irish time (12.30am in Melbourne). Read article
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Police say a pedestrian killed in central Victoria was a tourist from England. The 21-year-old man died when he was hit by a car at Moliagul, west of Bendigo, about 4:00pm (AEDT) yesterday. Read article
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