Bushwalkers rescued from Blue Mountains

[anotherwalker]

Looks like the rescue services were busy over the weekend with multiple rescues in the blue mountains.

Rescue 1
Rescue teams have battled torrential rain to rescue two groups of bushwalkers stranded by flooded creeks in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-16/b ... ns/3773750

Rescue 2.
POLICE from Blue Mountains Rescue are escorting three people out of bushland near Springwood after they spent the night lost.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/s ... 6326846762

[DarrenM]

The 1st one may be an old story? I don't think the creeks were up on the weekend.

[anotherwalker]

Valid Point Darren.

In Victoria on the weekend a guy got lost by punching in the wrong GPS Coordinates.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-n ... 6326819704

And only a couple of weeks back in Queensland a man had to be rescued by chopper.
http://www.thechronicle.com.au/story/20 ... toowoomba/

No wonder police and rescue services are asking everyone to plan and be prepared.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-03/b ... ed/3930482

There seems to have been a lot of accidents lately.

I guess its just a reminder to take care out there in the bush.

[DarrenM]

"I met a bloke that carried a carton of beer out there," he said. "He walked the Overland Track in his Ugg boots and he took out a carton of beer."

Well played....