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Passengers on stranded cruise ship to be flown back to Australia

The Coral Adventurer hit a coral reef off Papua New Guinea on Saturday

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2025

Cruise ship runs aground on first trip since leaving elderly passenger on remote island

The Coral Adventurer is currently under investigation following the death of Suzanne Rees

The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2025

Investigators board Coral Adventurer cruise ship after passenger dies on remote Australian island

Maritime authority officers investigating the death of Suzanne Rees, 80, board the ill-fated ship on its return to Cairns

The Guardian - AU · Nov 5, 2025

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Ship set to return after elderly woman dies on cruise

A full investigation is set to be launched as a cruise ship returns to port after an 80-year-old passenger died alone while hiking on a remote tropical island.

AAP · Nov 4, 2025

Cruise around Australia cancelled after death of passenger left behind on island

Authorities say action will be taken against cruise operator if any wrongdoing is identified

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2025

Passengers on ill-fated cruise ship flown home after Lizard Island death of 80-year-old

The Coral Adventurer will return to Cairns, as investigations into Suzanne Rees’ death continue

The Guardian - AU · Nov 1, 2025

A luxury cruise ship stopped at a remote Australian island. Suzanne Rees was left behind and died alone

Five hours after the Coral Adventurer left Lizard Island without the 80-year-old, it turned back. Her body was found the next day, and her family want answers

The Guardian - AU · Oct 31, 2025

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Aussie Grandmother, 80, Found Dead on Remote Island After Being 'Left Behind' by Cruise Ship — What Went Wrong?

An 80-year-old Australian woman was found dead on Lizard Island after a cruise ship left without her, sparking investigations into safety protocols.

International Business Times UK · Oct 30, 2025

Pictured: Australian grandmother, 80, found dead on remote island after being left behind by cruise ship

Suzanne Rees is being remembered as a keen bushwalker and gardener following her death on Lizard Island

Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2025

Daughter blames cruise operator after 80-year-old found dead on remote Australian island

Katherine Rees says family ‘shocked and saddened’ that ship left Lizard Island ‘without my mum, Suzanne’

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025

Cruise passenger, 80, found dead after being abandoned on Great Barrier Reef island

An 80-year-old cruise passenger has been found dead on a Great Barrier Reef island after being accidentally left behind by the ship's crew

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025

Call for inquest after woman's island death on cruise

An investigation has been launched after an 80-year-old woman's body was found on a tropical island during a cruise but her family have called for an inquest.

AAP · Oct 30, 2025

Grieving daughter of cruise ship passenger left behind on remote Australian island says ‘there was a failure of care’

Suzanne Rees, 80, was found dead on Lizard Island a day after her cruise ship the Coral Adventurer left without her

The Guardian - AU · Oct 30, 2025

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