British tourist, 22, died on her dream gap year trip

A British backpacker was on her dream gap year of a life time in Australia but has tragically died after the four-wheel drive she was travelling in flipped over.

Jade Fox was travelling at Fraser Island in Queensland, when she believed to have fatally hit her head when the vehicle overturned around 2pm on Friday.

Pictures from her social media page reveal that the 22-year-old from Maidstone in Kent was travelling with a number of friends along Australia's east coast as part of a holiday.


Hours before the incident, the British backpacker took to Facebook to express her excitement about the trip.

'Up early doors to travel Frazer Island for three days,' she wrote shortly after 9am on Friday.

Her page paints a picture of a young, fun-loving, outgoing, party girl who had been travelling around Australia, from a snow trip at Thredbo Resort in the Snowy Mountains of NSW to visiting popular tourist destinations including Cabe Byron Lighthouse, Surfers Paradise and Byron Bay.
She marked her three months in Australia in July, and believed to have spent most of her time living in Woolloomooloo, east of Sydney.

Friends of Ms Fox took to Twitter and Facebook to share their grief and pay tribute to a happy young woman.
'RIP Jade Fox. Happiest go lucky smiling girl I knew from my 3 months back in Brados. Unbelievable still now that your gone!,' Steven Maverick Sims wrote.
'Hilarious when drunk trying to eat your subway yet still trying to balance and stand up. Too young to be taken away from life in which she loved! Thoughts to Family and Friends.'
Police are continuing their investigations into the incident and have said that the vehicle Ms Fox was travelling in 'was in the process of overtaking another vehicle when it rolled.'

So unfortunate!

May her soul rest in peace!