The story is now breaking in the Australian press. They say it is because of a flash flood "near" Kampot...





A YOUNG Victorian woman living in Perth has died while on holiday in Cambodia.

Kristy Blackney drowned, reportedly in a flash flood, near Kampot in the south-east Asian country on Sunday.

The 24-year-old with a “heart of gold’’ grew up in Inverloch, in South Gippsland, before moving to Perth last year.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victor ... 48272112cd



A Victorian woman has died while alone on holiday in Cambodia.

Kristy Blackney drowned, reportedly in a flash flood, near Kampot on Sunday.

Friends of the 24-year-old, who grew up in Inverloch on the Victorian coast, have taken to social media with tributes for the woman with a "heart of gold".


Read more at http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/0 ... DM3Bwxj.99

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/0 ... n-cambodia

timmydownawell wrote:

cptrelentless wrote:I was in Kampot this weekend, there was very heavy rain late Friday/early Saturday, a lot of the roads and paddy fields were still pretty flooded at lunch time, that river would have been a really strong current with a lot of shit floating in it.

When the AU media report she died "reportedly in a flash flood" I suspect you are their source. Sigh.

LoL, at least they're referring to us as "local media."



And mad respect to her friend Kiara Mcnally (and donors of course) for running such a successful GoFundMe!

It is definitely the most successful Cambodia-related fund raising we've ever seen, raising almost $21,000 in less than 15 hours.

IraHayes wrote:wow.. they make it all sound like a tragic unavoidable accident.

timmydownawell wrote:

cptrelentless wrote:I was in Kampot this weekend, there was very heavy rain late Friday/early Saturday, a lot of the roads and paddy fields were still pretty flooded at lunch time, that river would have been a really strong current with a lot of shit floating in it.

When the AU media report she died "reportedly in a flash flood" I suspect you are their source. Sigh.

Wow, the international media is going hard with the "Kristy Blackney died in a flood in Cambodia.. "

I would like to see some statements from the owner of Arcadia Backpackers Kampot, as it all sounds like a lot of random speculation, and we even have the brother of the deceased saying he has trouble believing she would have drowned, being such a good swimmer.

We've received requests left right and center to remove everything from images of the discovery of her body, to even her Facebook pics and posts that suggest she could have been "partying" in Kampot at the time of her death...

I wish people could realize we aren't trying to sensationalize anything, we just want to know what really happened like a lot of other people out there, and we're not as quick to just rule it out as a "flood accident" as some are, which includes her own brother on here who doesn't seem fully convinced that she just drowned.

Personally, I'm very undecided right now, but it seems odd that she would be a victim of a flood, and somehow wash up right where she was staying the next morning as late as 10AM.

Being found floating that late in the morning would kind of suggest nobody was looking for her, because if they were she would have likely been found right at dawn when the sun came up.

Any CEO members in Kampot willing to share any info from around town regarding this case?





"Perth resident dies in Cambodia flood

A Victorian woman who moved to Perth last year has died in Cambodia during a flash flood.

Kristy Blackney, 24, who has been backpacking through Asia since last month, drowned near Kampot at the weekend. Her family are believed to be flying to Cambodia.

Her body was found in the waterways at the Arcadia Backpackers accommodation, 7km upstream from Kampot.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/ ... dia-flood/



Campaign raises $20k to bring home body of Victorian woman Kristy Blackney from Cambodia

A social media campaign to raise money to bring back the body of an Australian woman, who died while on holidays in Cambodia, has exceeded expectations, collecting more than $20,000.

Kristy Blackney died on the weekend while in travelling in Cambodia.

The Victorian woman reportedly died during flash floods near Kampot.

http://abc.net.au/news/2016-08-22/campa ... ection=vic



'A gorgeous soul with an infectious smile': Australian beautician, 24, drowns in flash floods in Cambodia

An Australian woman, 24, has died in flash flooding while travelling in Cambodia, according to local media.

Loved ones are remembering Kristy Blackney as a 'gorgeous soul' after her body was found in a river in the Kampot region of southern Victoria on Sunday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... paign=1490

bolueeleh wrote:its the 7th lunar month or better known as ghost month in south east asia, the water spirits did it, end of story

Your grandmother was right.

First mention of Kristy Blackney in the Cambodian English press:

"Kristy Anne Blackney, a 24-year-old Australian, was found dead in the Kampot River in Kampot province’s Teuk Chhu district on Sunday morning.

According to the National Police, the owner of Arcadia Backpackers called district police after discovering Ms. Blackney’s body in the river in front of the guesthouse."

http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28797/ ... n-kingdom/

Another interesting thing is that it appears that Kristy Blackney got a 3-month Cambodia visa from the consulate in Aranyaprathet, Thailand near the border of Poipet, Cambodia.

It's a TF visa, single entry, issued from the Cambodian Consulate in Sa Kaew, which appears to be valid for traveling within Cambodia for a full 3 months.

Is that new? I don't recall coming across it in the past. Presumably it's for tourism, as it has "NOT PERMITTED FOR EMPLOYMENT" stamped across it.

If anyone is familiar with it, what's the cost?

It seems different from the 3-month e-visa, which is "valid" for 3 months, but only allows you to travel within Cambodia for 30 days, sometime within that 3-month validity period.

From the Kampot Immigration page:



Looks like it was put in her passport on the 14th of August, the same day she was stamped into the country.

http://www.embassiesthailand.org/embass ... w-thailand