A father and son have drowned at a popular tourist waterfall spot while on holiday in Far North Queensland.
Emergency services were called to Crystal Cascades, west of Cairns, at about 5pm on Tuesday after receiving reports a father and son were were struggling to get out of the water.
Police officers and QAS paramedics attend an emergency scene at the Crystal Cascades swimming hole in the Redlynch Valley, where two men aged 21 and 59 drowned on Tuesday afternoon. Picture: Brendan Radke
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