A Melbourne mum has plummeted to her death after going over a railing to pose for a photo at a popular lookout.
The 38-year-old woman was hiking through the Grampians National Park with her family over the weekend when they reached Boroka Lookout.
Authorities have been told the Craigieburn mum climbed over a railing that's designed for people's safety. At some point, she slipped and fell around 80 metres off the lookout and died after impact.
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Channel 9 and 7News both reported the mum's tragic accident happened in front of her husband and child, who could only watch in horror as she plummeted off the cliff edge.
Police Minister Lisa Neville has issued a warning to would-be hikers that safety features are there for a reason.
"That is dangerous behaviour, and yesterday should be a stark reminder that anyone who wants to do those extreme photos for social media, that it can kill you," she said on Sunday.
"No photo is worth a life."
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"In the end, we can't rope off every part of Victoria. People have to take responsibility. What we saw yesterday was a really tragic outcome of behaviour that unfortunately we see too often," she said.
"We see it on the Great Ocean Road all the time, and often our lifesavers are put at risk having to rescue people who are trying to do extreme photos for social media purposes.
"It not only puts you in harm's way, but it actually risks our lifesavers, and our emergency services personnel who have to either try and rescue you or recover a body - and that's what we've seen [on Saturday]."
The death has reignited calls for there to be more signage around the area to further encourage people not to risk their lives for a photo opportunity.
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Loads of pictures and videos on social media show plenty of people push safety to the edge. Some snaps reveal hikers will sit right on the edge of the lookout while some daredevils will even do a backflip right on the edge.
Police issued a statement earlier this year after seeing the confronting social media content and urged others not to do the same.
"We regularly see dangerous photos and videos geo-tagged to the area where individuals have compromised their own safety to get a particular shot," the Northern Grampians police said in a Facebook post in January last year.
"If you're visiting the Grampians this summer, we're asking you to be vigilant, stick to walking tracks and obey warning signs. No selfie is worth risking your safety."
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