Man falls on Bruny Island

A sixty-two-year-old New South Wales man fell about ten metres down a steep hill at Dennes Point on North Bruny Island on Saturday morning while walking alone.

He stops above a cliff

The man luckily stopped himself at the top of a further forty-metre cliff. Senior Constable Callum Herbert said an attempt to self-rescue may have resulted in catastrophic outcome.

“He luckily stopped himself at the top of a further 40-metre cliff.”

Mobile phone call brings rescue

The man contacted emergency services by mobile phone about ten thirty am. A specialist police roping team was sent in the Westpac Rescue Helicopter and rescued him about one pm.

Bushwalker falls ill on west coast

In a separate incident on Saturday, a forty-four-year-old man became ill while bushwalking with a group of three on the Tyndall Range on Tasmania's west coast.

Beacon triggers satellite rescue

The group activated a personal locator beacon and contacted emergency services via satellite communications about three pm. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter located them and transported the man to Royal Hobart Hospital.

Police urge communication devices

Police urged bushwalkers to carry a charged mobile phone or, in remote areas, a personal locator beacon. Inspector Steve Jones said it was a timely reminder to carry sufficient food, water, communication equipment and emergency shelter.