Local media reported a beach cleaner found the couple at the bottom of the high embankment and that a mobile phone found nearby indicated they might have been taking photographs before they fell. Facebook 8 British woman Louise Benson, above, died after plunging from a beach wall with her partner Michael Kearns 
 
 The incident reportedly happened early Tuesday morning at Pescadores beach in the coastal town of Ericeira, a popular surfing spot about 30 kilometres from Lisbon. Louise Benson, 37, from the city, and her Australian boyfriend, Michael Kearns, 33, have been identified as the two victims. RIP Louise Benson yet again another great soul took away (sic) from us far too early. Louise Benson you had a passion for life. Mr Kearns worked on Chevron’s Wheatstone project in Western Australia and was a keen recreational diver in his spare time, according to PerthNow. His mother said yesterday the couple had left Australia in January on a holiday and had attended a friend’s wedding in Portugal in recent weeks. A DFAT spokesperson confirmed it was providing consular assistance to the family of an Australian who died in Portugal. “The Department has been in contact with the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office regarding the other person who died in the incident,” a DFAT spokeswoman said. 8 The location of the horror incident 
 
 Rui Pereira da Terra, the head of the rescue service in Cascais port, near Lisbon, said it appeared the couple was taking a selfie when the tragedy happened. “Everything seems to indicate that the fall happened when they were probably trying to take a selfie,” Captain Rui Pereira da Terra of the nearby Cascais Port rescue service said. “It seems they dropped their mobile phone and fell down while leaning over to retrieve it.” 
 
 The couple’s bodies were taken to a medical centre while authorities contacted the Australian and British embassies in Lisbon. 8 The pair plunged 100ft from the beach wall,it has been reported 
 
 8 Emergency workers found a mobile phone on the wall where they were understood to have lost their balance 
 
 Getty - Contributor 8 The fishing town of Ericeira is a popular spot for surfers and holidaymakers, and is renowned for its seafood restaurants and nightlife 
 
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 AFP reported this was not the first time tourists have fallen from the wall near the beach, known as Praia dos Pescadores or Fishermans Beach, a popular spot surrounded by cliffs and a 30-metre high wall.
– A fisherman returning to a Portuguese beach encountered a "scene of horror" early Tuesday: the "unrecognizable" bodies of a tourist couple who appear to have fallen 100 feet to their deaths while trying to take a selfie. Brit Louise Benson, 37, and her Aussie boyfriend, 33-year-old Michael Kearns, were found at Fisherman's Beach in Ericeira at the bottom of a 100-foot wall, on top of which sat a phone, report the Bristol Post and Independent. "Everything seems to indicate that the fall happened when they were probably trying to take a selfie," PerthNow quotes an official as saying. "It seems they dropped their mobile phone and fell down while leaning over to retrieve it." Local media report witnesses saw the couple, who'd been staying at a local hotel, crossing a safety barrier and sitting on the wall with their legs facing the sea before they toppled from view, per the Independent and PerthNow. A day earlier, Benson and Kearns had shared photos on social media showing them enjoying Fisherman's Beach, with the point from which they would fall visible in the background, per the Sun. They'd departed their home in Australia in January on a lengthy holiday and had recently attended a friend's wedding in Portugal, Kearns' mother tells PerthNow. Portugal's foreign affairs department says it's in contact with the British government and is assisting Kearns' family. (This selfie managed to ID a killer.)