Uphawu olwalatha eyona ncam ingasentla yelizwe laseOstreliya lunyamalele kwaye abakhenkethi babekwa ityala.
Yayimi isithuba seminyaka engama-20 encotsheni yeKapa York apho iindwendwe zazinokukhangela kwiziqithi zaseTorres Strait.
Kodwa ngo-Oktobha 1 okanye 2 yabiwa, kunye namasela asuka kwisiseko sepali ancamathisele uphawu kwigubu lekonkile kwaye atyhale igubu elwandle.
Umhlali waseSeisia, indawo yenkampu ekufutshane phezulu, uthe izolo: “Abanye abakhenkethi abaphila ubomi obuphantsi bayithathile kwaye inokuba kude njengaseNtshona Ostreliya ngoku. Lihlazo eligazi.
Uthe amapolisa azilumkisile zonke izikhululo “ezantsi kwendlela” eCairns, ekumgama ongaphezulu kwe-900km, ukuba zibeke iliso kodwa akukhange kubekho nto.
UPeter Papadopoulos, umkhenkethi waseSydney owazalisekisa umnqweno wobomi bakhe bonke wokuthatha uhambo oluya phezulu, uthe wayecinga ukuba amasela “ngabazingeli bezikhumbuzo”.
“Mna nenkosikazi yam sahamba saya kwindawo ukuze sifumanise ukuba umphantsi wesiseko wawuphuma emanzini,” utshilo.
“Kamva usapho lwasixelela ukuba luncede amapolisa ekukhupheni isiseko sekonkile emanzini.”
Isithethi samapolisa aseCairns sicele nabani na onolwazi ukuba eze ngaphambili.
“Lo mqondiso wawunikelwe yaye wawumi apho ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-20,” watsho.
Uphawu lwekhadibhodi luchaza okwethutyana indawo ngala magama: "Ume kweyona ndawo isemantla kwilizwekazi lase-Australia".
Abanikazi bamavili amane baye baqokelela amatye kwincam yekapa ukuze benze iicairns, ngokucacileyo bezama ukushiya uphawu kutyelelo lwabo.
Kukwakho nemizobo ematyeni kunye nemfumba yenkunkuma ethululwayo ezimotweni.
