Qld: Dozen Indonesian men found on south-east Qld beach: report

AAP General News (Australia)
08-23-2007
Qld: Dozen Indonesian men found on south-east Qld beach: report

Twelve men .. believed to be Indonesian nationals .. have reportedly been found on
a beach in south-east Queensland.

ABC Radio says they were found on Rainbow Beach near Gympie by a local man.

BOB ELMER says he found them on a road behind the beach .. wet and shivering .. but
looking relaxed.

They told him they were Indonesian and were travelling on a boat from Cairns to Brisbane
when it broke down.

The southern area of the Queensland is being lashed by huge seas and high winds whipped
up from a slow moving low pressure system.

AAP RTV rad/pjo/bart

KEYWORD: RAINBOW (BRISBANE)

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