Water Police, officers from Cairns and Smithfield Stations and the Queensland Government Rescue 510 helicopter were called to Buchans Point Beach at Palm Cove at about 8.45pm last night 9 July, after a 43-year-old Holloways Beach man attempted to paddle to Double Island. Campers at the beach observed the man preparing to launch a two-meter kayak from the beach to go spearfishing at Double Island, approximately 1.5km from Palm Cove. The campers …
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