According to abc.net.au, a 48 year-old woman from the United States has died after becoming separated from her diving group in southern Tasmania. The woman was diving off Piersons Point at Tinderbox, south of Hobart. Members of her diving group noticed she was missing and raised the alarm about 1:00pm [AEDST] yesterday afternoon. Read article
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According to shanghaidaily.com, Australia’s Blue Mountains Lithgow & Oberon Tourism (BMLOT) chairman Randall Walker advised tourism operators on Wednesday to warn visitors away from the Blue Mountains region due to bushfires. The recommendation came after fire conditions for Wednesday were forecast to be severe to extreme. “The risks we face over the coming days should […]
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Yahoo reports that a tourist has drowned at a popular swimming spot in the Territory’s Litchfield National Park. Territory Police say the Taiwanese man, aged 27, was visiting Wangi Falls as part of tour group about 3pm today.Officers say tour operators noticed he was missing, and found his clothes near the water.Park rangers found the […]
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NBC News reports that an Australian diver was recovering in hospital Wednesday after surviving his second shark attack in 10 years, according to local media reports. Greg Pickering was diving for shellfish when he was gored by what officials suspect was a great white near the city of Esperance in Western Australia. It was the […]
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As reported by Reuters.com, a boat carrying asylum seekers to Australia, most of them from the Middle East, has sunk off the Indonesian coast killing at least 21 people, Indonesian television reported on Friday. Metro TV said 25 people survived. Officials were not immediately available for comment. The politically charged issue of asylum seekers has […]
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Abc.net.au reports that a post-mortem examination is expected to reveal the cause of death of an international visitor during a diving expedition near South West Rocks east of Kempsey. The 35 year old Mexican was in a group near Fish Rock on Saturday when he was seen with his mask and regulator off. He was […]
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Australiantimes.co.uk reports that an 80-year-old Australian tourist has had a miraculous escape after slip 30 meters off a cliff path in Cornwall before becoming entangled in brambles. The elderly man was walking along a cliff path in Mount Edgcumbe Country Park when he slipped off the edge. Rescuers say he only just narrowly avoided falling […]
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According to dailytelegraph.com.au, Italian tourist Andrea Benedetti was travelling the world with his mates. It was supposed to be the happiest time of his life. But the 26-year-old’s global adventure has ended in tragedy – at the bottom of a Haymarket elevator shaft. Mr Benedetti plunged to his death on Tuesday after he tried to […]
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Abc.net.au reports that police are investigating a fire that destroyed an abandoned tourist boat on the Yarra River, in inner Melbourne. The boat was moored near Banana Alley Wharf when it caught fire at 2:30am (AEST). The remains of the 20 by 8 metre long vessel have sunk and firefighters have set up pollution booms […]
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Shanghaidaily.com reports that two injured people have been rescued off Western Australia’s Coral Coast after activating their boat’s Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) to alert the authorities, local media reported Friday. Police said the couple was swamped by a wave near a reef, north of the North Passage, close to Exmouth on Thursday. They […]
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