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Savannah Meacham

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Tourists lost for a week after google maps mishap - Caught on Camera

Two tourists became lost after Google Maps directed them to a remote part of a northern Queensland. (HANDOUT/DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE AND INNOVATION)

Two German tourists are lucky to be alive after a misdirection from Google Maps sent them to a remote Queensland national park.

Philipp Maier and Marcel Schoene were driving from Cairns to Bamaga in northern Queensland at the start of February. 

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