Friends and family have shared heartfelt tributes to a "beautiful" western Queensland couple who died after their light plane crashed near Proserpine on Sunday.
Maree Kuhrt, 24, and husband Rhiley, 22, departed Natal Downs Station near Charters Towers on Sunday afternoon to attend a pregnancy appointment in Mackay.
Friends said Ms Kuhrt was 27 weeks pregnant with the couple's first child together.