Backpacker’s Wallet Found On Aussie Reef
A British backpacker's missing wallet has been returned by an Australian diver who found it perched on the Great Barrier Reef 10 metres below the surface
Sky News reports that: "Daniel McShee, from Cornwall, realised the wallet had gone when he tried to buy drinks in a bar in Cairns. Mr McShee, 25, originally wrote off the loss, thinking he had mislaid the wallet at his hostel. But he was traced by a scuba diver who found it on one of the world's natural wonders." [Read the full story]
Brings a whole new meaning to diving for sunken treasure...
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