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Emergency services have resumed their search for a group of people feared missing in the desert north-east of Broken Hill for almost one day. Police said a woman called triple-0 about noon on Tuesday saying she was lost about one hour from the mining town. Her line dropped out and emergency services were unable to reach her again. After an extensive search lasting several hours, police said her call was traced to Mutawintji National Park, which is about 150 kilometres north-east of Broken Hill.Rescuers are searching for a group of people believed to be lost in Mutawintji National Park.A vehicle was spotted after a flyover but when rescuers reached it by land about 8pm, no one was found, police said. Barrier Local Area Command officers spoke to the woman's family and she was believed to be travelling with up to two other people. The search was suspended later due to poor light and resumed this morning. It was being led by local police and seven State Emergency Service (SES) officers from its Broken Hill unit were assisting with the search, an SES spokeswoman said. It is not known if the group was carrying an emergency beacon. The national park, which is about 800 kilometres west of Sydney, is described by NSW National Parks as located in a "ruggedly beautiful desert region" dominated by the Bynguano Ranges. Visitors can explore the park using walking trails, by four-wheel-drive and are allowed to camp overnight. The temperature in the park in November ranges between 18 to 33 degree Celsius, with average monthly rainfall of about 20mm, National Parks said. Temperatures in the areas near Broken Hill were about 10 degrees or above last night, Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Chris Webb said. The maximum temperature in Broken Hill on Tuesday was 28 degrees, he added. Visitors to the park are advised to bring adequate food supplies and to boil the available bore water. They are also advised to stay with their vehicle if it breaks down, inform others of their itinerary, register with the ranger, carry extra supplies and to prepare for extremely hot conditions during the summer.Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/search-resumes-for-group-missing-in-desert-20121114-29b3q.html#ixzz2C9Nb6sGS
A Victorian woman who was missing in far west New South Wales has been found. Emergency crews are still searching the area, about 130 kilometres from Broken Hill, for two men who were with her. Police say they received a triple-0 call yesterday afternoon from a woman who said she was lost about an hour's drive from Broken Hill.The line dropped out before officers could get more information, but they traced the call to the Mutawintji National Park.Emergency crews searched until nightfall, and conducted a fly-over of the area.They found an abandoned car but did not see the tourists, who are from Victoria.Superintendent Brad Hodder, from Broken Hill Police, says the woman was found this morning in good health."About 9:40am we confirmed that the missing female of the party has been located," he said."She walked into Acacia Downs around that time and she appears to be in good health. She is currently assisting us with our inquiries in relation to the other two missing persons."Superintendent Hodder says the search is continuing in difficult terrain."It'll be more an air coordinated search as opposed to a land search, due to the terrain that's just been described - it's very rocky, it's very hard-pressed," he said. "My officers indicated it takes about 15 minutes just to go 500metres, so the terrain is very, very difficult."http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-14/search-resumes-for-three-missing-in-desert/4370344
Rule #1: stay with your car.Why don't people listen?
update i read on another forum mentioned 1 female and 1 male found alive, but another male has been found deceased. not sure how accurate that is though as i didn't see a link to where the info. was from.
Maybe this needs to be a question in a drivers lic test....
