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Townsville couple found dead after apparently slipping at Queensland waterfall | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
The woman, 32, and man, 24, were reported missing after failing to turn up to their jobs following a camping trip in the Goldsborough area near Cairns | |
A couple reported missing after failing to turn up to their respective jobs have died after falling from Kearneys Falls in Far North Queensland. | |
The couple – a woman, 32, and a man, 24, both from Townsville – were reported missing on Monday after failing to turn up to their respective jobs. | |
A search began after the alarm was raised and a friend let police know where they had gone camping. | |
Their bodies were found at Kearneys Falls late on Monday after a search of the Goldsborough bushland. | |
Police said on Tuesday it appeared to be misadventure. | |
They believe the couple slipped and fell to their deaths after climbing the steep falls, but don’t yet know when. | |
The man had picked his partner up from Cairns airport on Thursday after she returned from holidaying in Japan. | |
They were planning to camp for a few days before returning to Townsville, police said. | |
The bodies were flown out by helicopter because the site is difficult to access. | |
The Kearneys Falls walking track and viewing platform are 850 metres from a camping area in the Goldsborough Valley section of Wooroonooran National Park. | |
Queensland Parks said that section of the park will be closed until Saturday. | |
The walking track and viewing platform are temporarily closed for maintenance work. |