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A passenger on the snorkelling boat that capsized off Bali, killing Australian tourist Anna Blight, has recounted horrifying details of the tragedy, including how her seven-year-old daughter became trapped underneath the overturned vessel.

Heartbreaking wish of little girl trapped under capsized Bali boat with Australian victim

A passenger on the snorkelling boat that flipped in rough seas has recounted horrifying details of the tragedy, including how her badly injured daughter has been left traumatised by the death of Australian tourist Anna Blight.

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Anna Blight was killed when a snorkelling boat capsized off Bali.

Bali boat tragedy victim remembered for her ‘passion and kindness’

Anna Blight, who is believed to have become trapped under a capsized tour vessel, has been remembered for her “generosity and integrity” and as a true friend.

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Klungkung District Police released this image of the capsized boat in the waters off Nusa Penida.

Australian tourist killed and injured in Bali snorkelling boat capsize

Despite attempts by the captain to control the boat, it was hit by multiple waves before capsizing.

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Essendon premiership player Ricky Olarenshaw and his wife, Sarnanitha, in 2023.

Olarenshaw’s wife found guilty of allowing ‘pornography services’

In a bad day for purveyors and partakers in Bali’s raunchy massage scene, two other Australians were also found guilty on the charges in separate cases.

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Tumini showing some of her scars from the Bali bombing. Her wounds were so ghastly that the hospital workers who received her assumed she was dead.

Bali bombing patients caught up in Indonesia’s DOGE-style budget cuts

Tumini still remembers the explosions and screams, and stumbling into that smoky night from Paddy’s bar, where she had been mixing cocktails.

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Batu Karang, Nusa Lembongan.

No crowds or chaos: These three Bali escapes are a step back in time

Overdevelopment is rife on the south-west coast, but these satellite island stays offer a step back to more mellow times.

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Erik De Haart pays his respects at the Bali bombing memorial in Coogee in 2008.

Bali bombing hero risked his life to rescue victims

Erik de Haart was heading back to the club when “a bright orange mushroom cloud lit up the sky”. He spent hours looking for his mates and hauling victims from the burning debris.

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Sidemen, free of traffic congestion and overdevelopment, offers a slower pace of travel.

‘The next Ubud’ in Bali is, thankfully, nothing like the actual Ubud

Sidemen on the east coast of the island offers a quieter, more immersive Bali for those who relish a slower mode of travel.

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Sydney man Mohamed Rifai being led to a press conference in Bali on Thursday.

Accused Australian brawler paraded in Bali alongside his bouncer foes

Tourist Mohamed Rifai, from south-west Sydney, faces up to five years in jail over a fight outside a Bali beach club. The security guards face even longer.

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Men brawl in Bali

‘Let’s go, bro!’ Australian tourist suspected of triggering wild Bali brawl

Bali police are still looking for four tourists involved in the fight in which four security guards were injured.

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