Brazilian woman watching the sunset on her 33rd birthday at a scenic spot in Brisbane accidentally falls off a cliff and plunges 25metres to her death

  • Fernanda Morella, 33, died after falling down Kangaroo Point cliffs on Tuesday 
  • Emergency services were called to Brisbane's CBD, but she could not be revived 
  • The Brazilian national was celebrating her 33rd birthday when tragedy struck
  • Locals have reported witnessing people behaving dangerously at the cliffs 

By Tita Smith For Daily Mail Australia

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A Brazilian woman has tragically died while celebrating her birthday after she plunged 25metres down the Kangaroo Point cliffs. 

Fernanda Morella was enjoying her 33rd birthday when she accidentally fell down the heritage listed cliffs in Brisbane's CBD.  

Emergency services were called to River Terrace, in Brisbane's CBD, at 5pm Tuesday after Ms Morella was found at the base of the rockface.

Despite efforts by paramedics to revive her, but she was pronounced deceased at the scene.  

Fernanda Morella (pictured) was tragically killed after she fell down the Kangaroo Point cliffs, in Brisbane's CBD, while celebrating her 33rd birthday

Fernanda Morella (pictured) was tragically killed after she fell down the Kangaroo Point cliffs, in Brisbane's CBD, while celebrating her 33rd birthday

The heritage-listed cliffs (pictured) are 25 metres high and sit in the city's CBD,  alongside the Brisbane River

The heritage-listed cliffs (pictured) are 25 metres high and sit in the city's CBD,  alongside the Brisbane River

Queensland Police confirmed her family in Brazil have been informed of her death. 

Tributes have begun pouring in online from devastated loved ones who have remembered Ms Morella as a 'loving person'.

'I love you more than one day I could say,' one friend wrote.

'At the moment, you can only say that.' 

Another friend said she was shocked to learn about the death and had received a message from Ms Morella on her birthday. 

'I can't believe it! 'To what a sensitive and loving person!' one friend wrote.

'My friend fell yesterday when she saw the sunset and rested!' 

'She always called me, always loved me, always been present, wanted to be here for her birthday, and sleep here at home, but Sydney closed and she wouldn't be able to come!

'We didn't talk much this week, but we always talk, every week we video call. Yesterday was her birthday, and she sent me ''I love you''. RIP Fernanda.'  

Kangaroo Point cliffs are a popular abseiling and rock climbing spot nestled in the heart of the city alongside the Brisbane River.

Friends have remembered Ms Morella (pictured) as a 'loving person' as t

Devastated friends have remembered Ms Morella (pictured) as a 'loving person' 

In the wake of the tragedy, locals have reported witnessing people behaving dangerously at the natural attraction. 

'[There is] a high number of people who muck around at the edge of the KP cliff not realising the danger they are in,' one man wrote in a local Facebook group. 

'A couple of weeks ago I was at the top of the KP cliff... and next to me was a young couple drinking wine looking over the city scape while dangling their feet over the edge.'

'What do you expect when people actually picnic regularly on the dangerous side or, as I have seen, young children as young as five collecting stones from the cliff side of the barrier,' another person wrote online. 

Queensland police are investigating the circumstances surrounding her death. 

It is believed to be a case of misadventure and it not being treated as a suicide.  

Brisbane

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