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It's a tough time for Australian Survivor star Felicity 'Flick' Palmateer.
The professional surfer has been grieving after the death of her mother, Pauline Burggraaf, from early on-set dementia two months ago at the age of 52.
Felicity was competing on Australian Survivor Brains vs Brawn at the time and had made the difficult decision to stay on the show instead of flying back to her home in Western Australia.
'It's a very difficult thing to come to terms with': Australian Survivor star Flick Palmateer has reflected on the passing of her mother and the tough decision she made to honour her
'It was so hard because talking to all of my family, they all tried to encourage me to stay, saying that that is what my mum would have wanted me to do,' the 28-year-old said in an interview with PerthNow.
She explained that all she wanted to do while competing on the Network 10 series was to 'teleport back' to her family.
Palmateer's mother was diagnosed with early onset frontotemporal dementia at
