Female tourist dies on Sydney cliffs.

Emergency services were deployed to the Diamond Bay Reserve in Vaucluse this morning, August 17, after reports that a woman had fallen 30 meters onto rocks below, police said.

The woman – believed to be 27 and from Sydney – was given first aid by other tourists, but she died at the scene. Her body was recovered from the rocks by PolAir.

Diamond Bay has become an attractive tourist destination recently, and the sight of visitors climbing over fences to take photos on the cliffs is a familiar one.

In June, Waverly Council passed several motions and indicated it would take action against those risking their lives just to take selfies at Diamond Bay. Accordingly, the Council agreed on several measures to restrict or prevent movement around the restricted area, including installing more surveillance cameras, physical barriers, multilingual signage, and more frequent patrols – especially on weekends.

Lan Oanh