Cape York Weekly FREE – #196 | Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Editor Lyndon Keane: 0419 891 666 | editor@capeyorkweekly.com.au
INSIDE TODAY
HOUSING STILL A HOT TOPIC Page 3
JACQUELINE’S JOY AT PLO POSITION
LUI DEFENDS CAIRNS OFFICE Page 5
Family rocked by croc tragedy
AUSTRALIA DAY CELEBRATIONS Pages 8 & 9 GOOD OUTING FOR SWIMMERS Page 21
A 40-YEAR-OLD New South Wales man has been killed by a saltwater crocodile after he fell into the Annan River near Cooktown on Saturday afternoon. Cape York Weekly understands
TEEN PICKED FOR STATE SIDE Page 23
Aurukun is celebrating after Jacqueline Kepple was appointed to the ranks of the community’s police liaison officers last week. Turn to Page 8 to find out what the young leader’s appointment means, and what vital role she will play in community safety as Aurukun’s newest PLO.
By LYNDON KEANE
the tourist, who was travelling with his family and another group, slipped down the steep bank of the river at Crocodile Bend, approximately seven kilometres south of Cooktown, at about 2pm on 3 August while fishing. The crocodile attacked the man
in front of his family, including children, as he attempted to get out of the water. While the Queensland Police Service is yet to officially confirm the man’s death, a police source said the search and rescue effort that was under way was to
“retrieve a body”. “At about 2pm this afternoon, a tourist in his 40s fell into the Annan River while fishing with a group at Crocodile Bend near Cooktown,” the source told Cape York Weekly on Saturday evening. Continued – Page 2
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