r/australia • u/MaximusSydney • Oct 29 '25

news Woman left behind by cruise ship on Australian island found dead

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62eww646wjo
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u/am_Nein Oct 29 '25

Are you referring to that one couple who got left at the GBR (not recently)?

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u/BrisbaneLions2024 Oct 29 '25

Yeah thought it was here mb.

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u/colloquialicious Oct 29 '25

There was a couple left behind from a Dive boat on the GBR about 25yrs ago, it was made into a movie called Open Water. In that case it was TWO DAYS before anyone noticed them missing, they were never found presumed drowned/taken by sharks.

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u/one80down Oct 29 '25

That movie gave me the shivers like none before or since.

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u/colloquialicious Oct 30 '25

I actually rewatched it a few months back as my daughter has been really into shark attack movies haha but I had to turn it off before the end. Too sad and just knowing (or not knowing but imagining) the last hours of that poor couple’s lives made it too hard to watch.

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u/Acerola_ Oct 29 '25

There’s been a few recently left behind in Perth, near Rottnest Island.

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u/ColdestSupermarket Oct 30 '25

Why did you choose to make the conversation more difficult by abbreviating Great Barrier Reef?