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Nov 2024
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The ‘Aussie Mermaid’: Adrift in the Phil...

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A mother and daughter relax into ten days of luxury on a tropical island. But fate has other plans. A day trip gone wrong leaves Michelle Hamilton alone in a small canoe, drifting out to sea. Over three terrifying days she’ll come face to face with punishing weather and apex predators. And her own beliefs will be profoundly changed…


A Noiser production, written by Emily Webb.


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