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There was no shortage of finger pointing after the races at the big annual Rocky Amateurs Race Day were called off on Saturday in controversial circumstances.
After the races were abandoned following the running of just one event due to a wet patch on the track, the Rockhampton Jockey Club sent out a message to trainers notifying that barrier trials and jump-outs on Monday (May 10) “will proceed as normal.”
That led to Rockhampton’s former premier trainer Tom Button, now based at the Sunshine Coast, to comment on Facebook: “How can it be ok Monday if they called off today..Strange stuff.”
QLD CP NEWS KIDSGOLF 12APR21
News by Peter Carruthers
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Subscriber only POLICE have revealed more details about what happened at the top of Windin Falls that led to the death of a woman at the weekend as specialist crews attempt a highly complex retrieval. At about 1pm on Sunday the alarm was raised when a 58-year-old woman got into trouble and fell 50m from the top of the popular attraction on the Atherton Tablelands in the Wooroonooran National Park. Officer in charge of Atherton police station Kyell Palmer said the woman hiked 6km to the falls in a family party of four.
Windin Falls death: Body recovered by rescue helicopter
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UPDATE: The body of a woman killed in a 50m plummet from the top of Windin Falls on the Atherton Tablelands has been recovered by the Rescue 510 helicopter. On Sunday rescue crews were called to the remote waterfall attraction in the Wooroonooran National Park after a 58-year-old woman lost her footing and was swept over the falls by fast flowing water. The body of a 58-year-old woman has been recovered from the bottom of Windin Falls. Picture: Brendan Radke The location of her body was pinpointed by the rescue helicopter late Sunday and about 12pm on Monday, in a complex mission lasting almost two hours, her body was flown back to Cairns on-board the Rescue 510 helicopter.
News by Chris Calcino and Jack Lawrie 10th May 2021 6:15 AM
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UPDATE 7.05PM: A 58-year old woman has died following a 50m plunge off a Far North waterfall. Emergency services undertook a search and rescue at Windin Falls on the Tablelands on Sunday afternoon. Queensland Police Service said initial information suggested she fell from the top of the falls just before 1pm. The woman was located by the Rescue 510 helicopter around 4pm. QPS said a report will be prepared for the coroner.
EARLIER: A Critical search effort is in progress after a hiker plummeted 50m from the edge of a Far North waterfall.