Ua nalowale ka hōʻailona e hōʻike ana i ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau loa o ka ʻāina nui o Australia a ke hoʻopiʻi ʻia nei ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi.
Ua kū ia no 20 mau makahiki ma ka piko o Cape York kahi e hiki ai i nā malihini ke nānā aku i nā mokupuni ʻo Torres Strait.
Akā, ma ka lā 1 a i ʻole 2 ʻOkakopa, ua ʻaihue ʻia, me ka ʻeli ʻana o nā ʻaihue i ke kumu o kahi pou e hoʻopili ana i ka hōʻailona ma kahi pahu pahu a hoʻokuʻu i ka pahu i loko o ke kai.
Ua haʻi aku kahi kamaʻāina o Seisia, kahi kahua hoʻomoana kokoke i luna, i nehinei: "Ua lawe aku kekahi poʻe mākaʻikaʻi haʻahaʻa a hiki i kahi mamao loa e like me Western Australia i kēia manawa. He mea hilahila koko ia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua makaʻala nā mākaʻi i nā kikowaena āpau "ma lalo o ke ala" i Cairns, ʻoi aku ma mua o 900km ka mamao, e makaʻala akā ʻaʻohe mea i huli.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Peter Papadopoulos, kahi mākaʻikaʻi Sydney i hoʻokō i ka makemake o ke ola holoʻokoʻa e hana i ka huakaʻi i luna, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua manaʻo ʻo ia he "mea hahai holoholona" nā ʻaihue.
"Ua hele wau me kaʻu wahine i kahi e ʻike ai i ka lalo o ke kumu e kū mai ana i waho o ka wai," wahi āna.
"Ma hope mai, haʻi mai kekahi ʻohana iā mākou ua kōkua lākou i nā mākaʻi e huki hou i ke kahua paʻa mai ka wai."
Ua noi aku kahi ʻōlelo mākaʻi o Cairns i kekahi me ka ʻike e hele mai i mua.
"Ua hāʻawi ʻia ka hōʻailona a ua kū ma laila no nā makahiki he 20," wahi āna.
ʻO kahi hōʻailona kāleka e hōʻike ana i ka wahi me nā huaʻōlelo: "Ke kū nei ʻoe ma ka lae ʻākau loa ma ka ʻāina ʻo Australia".
Ua hōʻiliʻili nā mea kaʻa kaʻa ʻehā i nā pōhaku mai ka wēlau o ka ʻahuʻula e hana i nā pōhaku, me he mea lā i ka hoʻāʻo e waiho i kahi hōʻailona mai kā lākou kipa ʻana.
Aia kekahi graffiti ma nā pōhaku a me nā ʻōpala i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia mai nā kaʻa.
