A young couple walking near Port Arthur on the Tasman Peninsula took a risky detour off the marked trail, leading to one of them falling into the ocean. A tourist boat promptly came to the man's rescue, saving him from the choppy waters after an hour at sea. Thankfully, the woman managed to climb back to safety. Police are reminding visitors to remain on designated paths for their safety.
A man in his 20s and his female partner fell from a cliff in south-east Tasmania after they left a bushwalking track. The woman managed to climb back onto land while the man was washed about 200 meters out to sea before being rescued by a tourist boat. Police are urging bushwalkers to stick to marked tracks after two tourists fell from a cliff face into the ocean in south-east Tasmania — with one on their 'last legs' before rescue from the water.
A man aged in his 20s and his female partner were walking towards Mount Brown on the Tasman Peninsula near Port Arthur when they left the track. 'The female who sustained minor injuries was able to climb back onto land, whilst the male was washed further out,' police said. The man was pulled from the water about 50 minutes later by the crew on a Pennicott Wilderness Tours boat.Owner Rob Pennicott said one of his skippers heard the mayday call go out. A nearby Pennicott boat, which had just finished a tour, then headed out to where the man had fallen. 'If we weren't there the chopper, I'm sure, would have got him out OK, but he was on his last legs after an hour in the water,' he told ABC Radio Mornings. 'It was agreed that it would be quicker for us to pluck him out than the chopper so my crew went over and threw a life buoy to him, and as he reached the life buoy he went under and they managed to get him in.' Mr. Pennicott said while two of the crew 'stripped down' in case they needed to jump in to help the man, they were able to pull him into the boat without anyone else getting in the water. 'We're very fortunate it was summer, but an hour in that water for someone who's not used to that is a long, long time,' he said. 'To the best of my knowledge was very smart, he just treaded water, he didn't over expel energy, and there were a lot of people, including police, on the shore so it's pretty obvious to him that a rescue was on the way.' The man was taken to Port Arthur where police and paramedics were waiting. The woman was also taken to the RHH for treatment of minor injuries. Mr. Pennicott said the cliffs in the area varied from 'hundreds of metres high to really quite close to the water', and that wandering off designated tracks could be dangerous. Tasmania Police Constable James Blay of Nubeena Police Station urged bushwalkers to be prepared, stick to designated tracks and adhere to track warnings and markings. 'In this particular case the ending could have been a lot worse and … it simply isn't worth taking the risk and leaving the designated track,' Constable Blay said. Police thanked members of the public who helped with the rescue, and also who provided 'vital information … as the situation unfolded'
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