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

<p>Maritime authority<strong> </strong>officers investigating the death of Suzanne Rees, 80, board the ill-fated ship on its return to Cairns</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/nov/05/australia-politics-live-nauru-deportations-labor-greens-coalition-anthony-albanese-sussan-ley-nationals-leadership-net-zero-question-time-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>The Coral Adventurer has been boarded by investigators after returning to Cairns more than a week after one of its cruise passengers was left behind and died alone on a remote Great Barrier Reef island.</p><p>Suzanne Rees, 80, from Sydney, died after leaving her hiking group on Lizard Island during an excursion on day two of a planned 60-day luxury circumnavigation of Australia.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/05/investigators-board-coral-adventurer-cruise-ship-after-suzanne-rees-dies-remote-australian-island">Continue reading...</a>