An 80-year-old woman has died on a near-deserted island after she failed to reboard her cruise ship. She had been ascending the tallest peak on Lizard Island, off the far northeastern coast of Australia, in the Great Barrier Reef. Queensland police have launched an investigation into the woman’s death, which they are not treating as suspicious. She was traveling alone. She had been hiking with a Coral Expeditions tour group walking up Cook’s Look on October 25. She is believed to have become disoriented and lost the group, ultimately failing to find the way back to the ship. The Australianreports, “The group continued on and boarded the vessel before realising she was not there.” A search for the woman ran into the night, spanning both the sea and the land. Her remains were retrieved from the mountain the next day. Speaking to the Daily Mail, Coral Expeditions chief executive Mark Fifield said, “The crew notified authorities that a woman was missing... Following the operation, Coral Expeditions was notified by Queensland Police that the woman had been found deceased on Lizard Island. While investigations into the incident are continuing, we are deeply sorry.”
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