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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Joe Hinchliffe

Parents of Piper James visit K’gari to farewell daughter and ‘walk where she last walked’ as dingo cull continues

Angela and Todd James, parents of Canadian backpacker Piper James, arrive at Brisbane airport
Angela and Todd James (right), the parents of Canadian backpacker Piper James, touch down in Brisbane on the first stage of their pilgrimage to K’gari. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

The distraught parents of a backpacker believed to have drowned on a world heritage-listed sand island off the Queensland coast are visiting K’gari as part of their journey to return the remains of Piper James to Canada.

Todd and Angela James touched down in Brisbane from Vancouver on Tuesday morning – the first stage of their emotional pilgrimage to K’gari (formerly known as Fraser Island).

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