Sunday18 August 2024 07:17:41 AM
Two missing bushwalkers have been rescued following a multi-agency operation in the State’s Northern Tablelands.
About 5pm Friday (16 August 2024)emergency services were called to Point Look Out in the New England National Parkfollowing reports a man and a woman had become lost while bushwalking.
A command post was establishedand officers attached to New England Police District responded.
Later that eveningArmidale police along with the SES located a 63-year-old man and a 51-year-old woman uninjured.
Policewith assistance from the SES Vertical Rescue Unitsuccessfully extracted the men from dense bushland.
