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Local boaties join search for three missing Queensland fishermen
The search continues for three men who disappeared during a fishing trip on Australia Day in far north Queensland.
The men, aged 18, 27 and 37, set out on a 4.8-metre vessel with a blue bimini canopy on Tuesday morning. They were due back in Yarrabah, near Cairns, that afternoon.
Queensland water police are searching for three missing fishermen in Cape Tribulation. Credit:Queensland Police Service
The trio on the vessel, which had the registration VO317Q, were last seen about 8.30am at a reef off Green Island, where they appeared to be having engine trouble.
On Thursday, water police scoured seas and the coastline from Yorkey’s Knob to Cape Tribulation – an estimated 130 kilometres of coastline.
Police said local boaties and members of…
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