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Backpacker's grieving parents call for action on dingo management
Angela and Todd James are calling on the state government to increase warnings about the danger of dingoes during peak periods on K'gari. (ABC Sunshine Coast: Ollie Wykeham)
Heartbroken, Todd and Angela James slowly walked hand-in-hand into the waves lapping onto the beach under leaden skies.
Silent but for the sound of the rolling surf, the couple knelt and placed their hands where the body of their only child was found two weeks prior on K'gari (Fraser Island).
Angela and Todd James in the surf at a smoking ceremony for their daughter on K'gari. (ABC Wide Bay: James Taylor)
Choking with grief, Angela said in that moment she yearned for a connection with Piper, her beautiful 19-year-old daughter.
Parents of Piper James visit K’gari to farewell daughter and ‘walk where she last walked’ as dingo cull continues
Grieving family of the backpacker will attend a smoking ceremony conducted by the island’s traditional owners
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The distraught parents of a backpacker believed to have drowned on a world heritage-listed sand island off the Queensland coast are visiting K’gari as part of their journey to return the remains of Piper James to Canada.
Todd and Angela James touched down in Brisbane from Vancouver on Tuesday morning – the first stage of their emotional pilgrimage to K’gari (formerly known as Fraser Island).
The couple declined to speak to press waiting at the airport, though Todd has expressed his grief on social media.
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