Campsites closed as police investigate possible dingo link to death of Canadian on Australian tourist island K’gari

<p>While violent dingo and human interactions have been increasing, police refuse to speculate whether 19-year-old woman drowned<strong> </strong>or was killed by the wild canids</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jan/20/hate-speech-gun-reform-anthony-albanese-bondi-terror-attack-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>Two campsites have been closed and park rangers are increasing patrols after a 19-year-old Canadian woman was found dead on a beach surrounded by a pack of dingoes on a popular Queensland tourist island.</p><p>Two men <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/19/woman-found-dead-australian-island-kgari-dingoes-ntwnfb">made the grisly discovery</a> while driving down the eastern beaches of K’gari (formerly known as Fraser Island) at about 6:15am on Monday. The discovery came up to 75 minutes after the woman left the backpacker hostel at which she had been working for six weeks, where she told colleagues and friends she was heading to the beach that morning.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/20/campsites-closed-as-police-investigate-possible-dingo-link-to-death-of-canadian-on-australian-tourist-island-kgari">Continue reading...</a>

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