3 w. ago A luxury cruise ship stopped at a remote Australian island. Suzanne Rees was left behind and died alone

Five hours after the Coral Adventurer left Lizard Island without the 80-year-old, it turned back. Her body was found the next day, and her family want answersThe appeal of Lizard Island is its remoteness. The Great Barrier Reef island, 250km from Cairns in Queensland’s tropical north, is known for its impressive snorkelling, with giant clams nestled among the coral. It also has a scientific research station.Tourists are mostly kept at bay by its inaccessibility and eye-wateringly high accommodation prices. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Grieving daughter of cruise ship passenger left behind on remote Australian island says ‘there was a failure of care’

Suzanne Rees, 80, was found dead on Lizard Island a day after her cruise ship the Coral Adventurer left without herFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe family of an 80-year-old who was left behind by her cruise ship and died on a remote Queensland island has alleged there was a “failure of care and common sense”.Suzanne Rees was on the second day of a luxury 60-day circumnavigation of Australia when she disembarked the Coral Adventurer at Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef on Saturday morning. She and other passengers had intended to hike the island’s Cook’s Look mountain. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tourist found dead on remote island after becoming stranded from cruise ship

The 80-year-old woman was reported missing on Saturday, October 25 after the ship had left and she hadn't boarded

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3 w. ago Woman in her 80s found dead on Great Barrier Reef’s Lizard Island after failing to return to cruise ship

Police say death was ‘sudden and non-suspicious’ as investigations into incident continueA woman in her 80s has been found dead after failing to board a cruise ship anchored off an island in the Great Barrier Reef.Queensland police confirmed the woman had died on Lizard Island, about 240km from Cairns. Her death was described as “sudden and non-suspicious”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tourist found dead on remote island after 'failing to board cruise ship'

The woman, 80, was reportedly walking near the Great Barrier Reef when she went missing and the alarm was raised when she failed to re-board her cruise ship on the Queensland coast

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3 w. ago Tourist, 80, found dead on remote island after ‘failing to board cruise ship’ in Australia

A TOURIST has been found dead on a remote island after "she failed to board" a cruise ship in Australia. The woman, 80, was reportedly hiking Lizard Island's highest summit off the Far North Queensland coast when she went missing. Her disappearance was reported when she didn't return to the ship just before midnight on...

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3 w. ago Woman dies on remote Lizard island after 'failing to board' cruise ship

The woman, aged in her 80s, left the vessel to go onshore and visit the island but reportedly failed to board the boat in time before it departed the popular tourist island

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3 w. ago Australian woman dies on nearly deserted island after failing to board a cruise ship

An Australian woman has died on a nearly deserted island after 'failing to board' a tourist cruise ship.

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