A British base jumper has died after falling from a cliff in Australia.
Police said Gareth Jones, 25, fell 295ft (90m) on to rocks in Manly, Sydney, after climbing over a safety barrier during an outing with friends.
The incident, which took place early on Sunday in an area called North Head, did not involve a base jump, and police said Mr Jones could not be revived.
The Foreign Office said: "We can confirm the death of a British national in New South Wales on 7 December."
A spokesman added: "We are providing consular assistance to the family."
Acting Inspector Belinda Caddy, from New South Wales Police, told the Sydney Morning Herald that officers were treating the death as "a completely tragic accident".
Mr Jones is originally from Brighton and pictures on his Facebook page show him making a number of base jumps - including one from Kuala Lumpur tower, the highest building in Malaysia at 1080ft (330m).
Base jumping is a form of parachuting from a fixed structure or cliff. Base stands for "building, antenna, span, earth" - the four fixed structures that can be jumped from.
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