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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Joe Hinchliffe

Campsites closed as police investigate possible dingo link to death of Canadian on Australian tourist island K’gari

A dingo on a beach at K’gari, on Fraser Island, Queensland.
A dingo on a beach at K’gari, formerly known as Fraser Island, off the Queensland coast. Between 100 and 200 dingoes live on the large sand island. Photograph: Westend61/Getty Images

Two campsites have been closed and park rangers are increasing patrols after a 19-year-old Canadian woman was found dead on a beach surrounded by a pack of dingoes on a popular Queensland tourist island.

Two men made the grisly discovery while driving down the eastern beaches of K’gari (formerly known as Fraser Island) at about 6:15am on Monday. The discovery came up to 75 minutes after the woman left the backpacker hostel at which she had been working for six weeks, where she told colleagues and friends she was heading to the beach that morning.

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