Reported
Person rescued from grain silo in Dunolly
A person was rescued after becoming trapped in a grain silo on Thompson Street in Dunolly, Victoria, on 6 October 2026. The Country Fire…
Agriculture Dunolly, VIC
Record summary
- Date
- Thursday 21 March 2024
- Location
- Jungle Surfing Canopy Tours
- Employer or operator
- Jungle Surfing Canopy Tours (Keydane Pty Ltd)
- Type
- Fall from zipline
- Deaths
- 2In 2019, Dean Sanderson died and his wife Shannon Sanderson was seriously injured after falling from a zipline during a holiday at Jungle Surfing Canopy Tours near Cape Tribulation in Far North Queensland; Deceased:
- Injured
- Shannon Sanderson seriously injured in fall from zipline
What happened
Incident Overview
In 2019, Dean Sanderson died and his wife Shannon Sanderson was seriously injured after falling from a zipline during a holiday at Jungle Surfing Canopy Tours near Cape Tribulation in Far North Queensland. The trial of Sheena Mary Walshaw, former director of Keydane (the operator), is now underway in Cairns Magistrates Court, examining whether she failed to prevent exposure to harm through inadequate design, choice, and installation of the cabling system.
The court proceedings have focused on the installation process of the zipline equipment, with particular scrutiny on whether proper safety procedures and tools were used during assembly.
- Fatalities:
- In 2019, Dean Sanderson died and his wife Shannon Sanderson was seriously injured after falling from a zipline during a holiday at Jungle Surfing Canopy Tours near Cape Tribulation in Far North Queensland
- Deceased:
- Injuries:
- None reported.
- In 2019, Dean Sanderson died and his wife Shannon Sanderson was seriously injured after falling from a zipline during a holiday at Jungle Surfing Canopy Tours near Cape Tribulation in Far North Queensland
- Deceased: