A Tour around Lizard Island

Elderly woman found dead on tropical island

Cruise passenger, 80, found dead after being abandoned on remote tropical island

An 80-year-old cruise passenger has been found dead on a Great Barrier Reef island, a day after she was accidentally abandoned there by the ship’s crew.

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Elderly woman found dead on tropical island after cruise ship leaves without her

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Cruise ship leaves woman, 80, on Lizard Island; woman later found dead

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Family 'shocked and saddened' by death of cruise ship passenger on Lizard Island

The family of a woman who was left behind on a Great Barrier Reef island and died - has spoken about the lack of care and common sense surrounding the solo traveller's death.

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Lizard Island cruise ship passenger identified as Suzanne Rees, 80

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Cruise passenger found dead after accidentally being left behind on island in Australia: "Mum died, alone"

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Daughter speaks out after cruise disaster

Queensland Police, the coroner, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland, and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority have all launched investigations.

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Daughter says 80-year-old who ‘died alone’ on island was left behind

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Elderly woman left behind by cruise ship on Great Barrier Reef island found dead

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Family says ‘failure of care and common sense’ led to cruise ship passenger’s death on remote island

The family of an Australian cruise ship passenger who died after being left alone on a remote Great Barrier Reef island said “failure of care and common sense” led to her death.

The Conversation

Amid a tropical paradise known as ‘Lizard Island,’ researchers are cracking open evolution’s black box – scientist at work

James T. Stroud does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Every morning in Miami, our ...