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Australia: Great White Sharks Spotted after man Killed

Date: November 7th, 2011 |

A diver from Texas was killed by a shark off the coast of Rottnest Island near Perth in Western Australia Oct. 22. The island’s beaches were closed on Oct. 31 after helicopters spotted two 16-foot great white sharks. The Texan was the third person this year to die as the result of a shark attack [read more]

Australia: Bodyboarder Dies after Shark Attack

Date: September 13th, 2011 |

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A bodyboarder had his legs bitten off by a shark and subsequently died on the shore at a popular surf spot in western Australia Sept. 4. Off the coast of Bunker Bay at a spot known as The Farm, the bodyboarder and five of his friends were out in the water when the shark attacked [read more]

Australia: Beach Goers must Exercise Caution

Date: July 5th, 2011 |

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A humpback whale knocked a 13-year-old boy unconscious after the whale hit the boy’s dinghy with its tail. The boy, who was fishing with his parents off the coast of New South Wales, also broke his collarbone. Australia is a mecca of beach and ocean activities, but this incident serves as a reminder to tourists [read more]

Australia: Dingo Attacks Tourist on Fraser Island

Date: January 26th, 2011 |

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Queensland’s Fraser island, the world’s largest sand island and a World Heritage Site listed alongside Australia’s Uluru, Kakadu National Park and Great Barrier Reef, is a popular place for camping and for seeing dingoes in their natural habitat. But often tourists and dingoes don’t mix well. In a recent incident, five dingoes surrounded a tourist [read more]

Australia: Floods, Snakes, Crocodiles, and Not-So-Smart Tourists

Date: January 5th, 2011 |

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An unusually wet summer in Queensland has caused Australia’s worst flooding in decades, inundating 22 cities and covering an area as large as France and Germany combined, according to officials. Many parts of the coastal city of Rockhampton remained under water with floodwaters still on the rise Jan. 4. In addition to the danger of [read more]

Australia: Aviation Sector to Strike in Case of Bad Deal

Date: October 27th, 2011 |

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The country’s aviation sector has been hit hard in recent months by delays and cancellations due to customs protests and rolling industrial action by pilots, engineers and ground staff at Qantas. Delays and cancellations could continue because customs workers were promising to walk off the job should the government not provide a better deal for [read more]

Australia: Red Kangaroo Attacks Elderly Woman

Date: August 1st, 2011 |

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A rogue red kangaroo attacked a 94-year-old woman in Charleville, Queensland, knocking her to the ground and kicking her several times as she hung laundry to dry. Though she was injured and may need surgery, the woman was not seriously hurt. The red kangaroo is the world’s largest marsupial, standing over six feet tall and [read more]

Australia: Cyclone Joins Floods to Scare Off Tourists to Queensland

Date: February 9th, 2011 |

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Another natural disaster struck Queensland Feb. 2 as Cyclone Yasi hit south of Cairns at the beginning of the biggest tourist season of the year for some far-north Queensland operators. The tourism industry is worried that when Chinese New Year celebrations end, bookings to the area will suffer as would-be visitors avoid the area after [read more]

Australia: Floods Inundate Brisbane

Date: January 12th, 2011 |

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The historic floods that have inundated Queensland reached Brisbane, Australia’s third-largest city, Jan. 12, swamping as many as 20,000 homes, forcing evacuations from the city’s low-lying suburbs and emptying downtown office towers. Peak flood levels were expected to remain until at least Jan. 14, and once the rains cease and the waters recede the city [read more]

Australia: Hiking Solo in the Outback Requires Planning, Preparation

Date: November 3rd, 2010 |

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The death of a German tourist who apparently got lost on a solo hike in the Northern Territory’s Kakadu National Park serves as a reminder always to carry ample water to remain hydrated when hiking in intense heat. He was walking the popular seven-mile Barrk Sandstone Walk without water when he evidently became disoriented and [read more]

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