120: Rachel Funari: Bruny Island, Tasmania

On March 3, 2011, Rachel Funari - an American woman visiting Tasmania - stepped into that landscape, and vanished. She was 35, she was alone, and the last confirmed sighting was around 3:30 that afternoon, at a small shack beside the start of the Fluted Cape Walking Track.
Then - nothing. No phone call. No “made it back safe.” No trace of where she went next. Days later, when friends realize they hadn’t heard from her, a major search begins - land, sea, air - focused on the trails and steep coastline of Bruny Island.
Searchers comb dense brushland and cliff edges that drop hundreds of metres.
Still, Rachel doesn’t turn up.
Over time, her disappearance became one of Tasmania’s highest profile missing persons cases.
Listen as we dive into Bruny Island, the case of Rachel Funari, and how to stay alive on vacation.

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Sources:
https://www.magistratescourt.tas.gov.au/coronerscourt/findings/coronialfindings/f/funari,_rachel_-_2012_tascd_124

https://www.police.tas.gov.au/news-events/media-releases/search-for-missing-woman-update-rachel-funari/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-04/what-happened-to-missing-person-rachel-funari/7898300

https://www.griffithreview.com/contributors/rachel-funari/

https://medium.com/abc-news-australia/what-happened-to-rachel-funari-a0165dff1a7a

https://lizargall.com/2011/03/rachel-funari-in-memorium/

https://rachelfunari.wordpress.com/

https://www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-journo-s-death-not-suspicious/84ccae9d-2b24-4609-968b-88fa734b6bdb

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/cliff-plunge-fears-for-missing-tourist/news-story/c6084a569be8398ec90fd0a1abeffbce

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-03-17/police-divers-to-search-for-missing-backpacker/2653782

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