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Members of the jury overseeing a high-profile Queensland homicide case have been taken to the isolated beach where the victim was located.

The 24-year-old victim was repeatedly stabbed with a bladed weapon and buried in a sandy resting place with little or no chance of survival, the court has been told.

The remains were discovered by her father the next day on Wangetti Beach – a section of coastline between the tourist centres of Cairns and Port Douglas.

The accused, 41, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Ms Cordingley on a Sunday afternoon in October 2018 in Far North Queensland.

Jury Visit to Beach

The jury of 10 men and two women plus several alternates visited the beach along with the presiding officer and legal counsel on Monday morning local time.

In a acknowledgment of the tropical conditions and temperatures above 30C, Justice Lincoln Crowley opted for a casual top, sport shorts and sneakers rather than a wig and robes.

Both the lead prosecution and defence barristers chose casual shirts, bottoms and headwear.

Location Details

The jurors were guided around 1.2km north up the sand to see where Ms Cordingley's body were uncovered.

Upon arrival, as they arrived by bus, four red and white cones indicated where the victim's car had been parked.

The visit was intended to help the jurors become acquainted with key locations in the trial and no testimony was presented.

Context of the Case

Last week, the Cairns Supreme Court heard that the following day Ms Cordingley's body were discovered, the accused departed from Australia to India – abandoning his wife, family and parents.

He was not heard from until he was apprehended four years later, the state said.

State Case

It is claimed that the defendant, who was employed in healthcare in the town of Innisfail, near Cairns, had a confrontation with Ms Cordingley.

The victim was discovered wearing a bikini, with all her other clothes and most of her possessions absent.

Those objects were removed by the assailant to conceal evidence, prosecutors allege.

Her pet, Indie, which Ms Cordingley had taken to the beach for a walk, was found tied up to a tree hidden in shrubland about 30 metres from the burial site.

No murder weapon was found, and no one have been found.

But the state says the evidence – though indirect – was comprised proof that indicated Mr Singh "and eliminated others."

This will involve testimony that genetic material obtained from a object at the location was extremely more likely to have originated from Mr Singh than a unrelated individual of the population.

The jury has already heard testimony suggesting that Ms Cordingley's mobile device left the beach after the killing – and that its movements matched those of a blue Alfa Romeo belonging to the accused.

Mr Singh's quick exit from Australia also suggested his guilt, the prosecution has argued.

Defence Stance

"While authorities were discovering Toyah's remains, he was arranging... a rushed single journey back to India," Mr Crane said previously as he opened his case.

The defence is has not present any evidence, but in his opening address, Mr Singh's barrister Greg McGuire portrayed his defendant as a "calm" and "caring" man, who was in the "wrong place at the wrong time."

He also foreshadowed evidence to come later in the trial that, after his arrest, Mr Singh informed an undercover officer he had seen assailants attack Ms Cordingley and then had run away in terror – something he said was his "gravest error."

Mr McGuire has also said he will testify about individuals "both known and unknown" who should come under investigation.

Additional Testimony

Ms Cordingley's boyfriend at the time, Marco Heidenreich, whom authorities excluded as a person of interest, was among those who testified last week.

The trial heard he was an immediate police suspect – and that he had been interrogated from Ms Cordingley's father about whether he was implicated in his girlfriend's vanishing, prior to her body were found.

Photographs depicting Mr Heidenreich on a hike with a friend on the day Ms Cordingley disappeared have been shown to the jury, with an specialist saying he was certain the pictures were genuine and had not been altered in any way.

The trial will return to the standard environment of the courtroom on Tuesday.