The crash had an enormous impact on the Lockhart River and Cairns communities. Three months after the crash, Mr Weavell's partner, Liz Thomas, told the ABC he had clocked up 3,000 hours in the air.

A FORMER White Rock man who illegally took snakes, spiders and other reptiles from a remote Cape York beach has been hit where it hurts. Ben Briffa, 26, and a mate were caught by police in 2014 ...

Officers said the plane crashed into some dunes just east of the Lockhart River airstrip, about 800 kilometres north of Cairns, on Wednesday morning. The pilot had made two attempts to land ...

A FORMER White Rock man who illegally took snakes, spiders and other reptiles from a remote Cape York beach has been hit where it hurts. Ben Briffa, 26, and a mate were caught by police in 2014 ...