Horror find after tourist’s daring act
An international tourist has been killed after leaping from a ledge at a popular waterfall in remote Far North Queensland.
Police were called to the Crystal Cascades, west of Cairns, shortly after 3pm on Sunday after reports a man had leapt from the ledge but failed to resurface.
A search and rescue operation was quickly assembled by emergency services to find the 20-year-old.
Tragically, police divers located the man’s body about 6pm on Monday.
The man reportedly spent eight minutes underwater after becoming submerged under a waterfall.
At the time, he is believed to have been swimming at the top set of waterfalls, which are marked as a no-swim zone.
The Crystal Cascades waterfall is popular among local and international tourists.
In 2014, an 18-year-old man drowned after failing to resurface after slipping over the edge of the waterfall.
A 21-year-old man and a 59-year-old man were declared dead in April 2023 after they were found unresponsive in waters near the falls.
