Bush Search and Rescue Victoria
Volunteer search and rescue in Victorian bush and alpine regions
On the afternoon of Tuesday April 3, 2007 a tourist became lost in the Sabine Falls area north of Apollo Bay.
The initial search effort by Police, SES and Parks was unsuccessful.
BSAR members joined the search on Thursday morning 5 April.
The missing man was found shortly after.
A female bushwalker was reported missing Sunday 16 January 2005 near Mt William in the Grampians. She had separated from her companion to do a walk on the Major Mitchell Plateau and failed to meet up at the agreed rendezvous point.
She was last seen at a campsite on the headwaters of First Wannon Creek.
The Police, Parks and SES search on Sunday found no sign of the missing walker.
BSAR members joined the search on Monday 17 January. A BSAR search group found the missing woman on the First Wannon Creek and escorted her out to safety.
BSAR members were called out on Saturday 15th May 2004 to assist in the search for a man missing on Mount Buffalo.
Police Search and Rescue, SES and some climbers conducted initial searching on the two days prior to BSAR being called.
Continue reading “Mount Buffalo search for missing man, May 2004”
On Sunday afternoon, 4 August a man became lost in the vicinity of the toboggan run at Lake Mountain. The area was snow covered.
BSAR was called out at midnight, with a large team arriving at Lake Mountain mid morning on Monday 5 August. Searching that day was unsuccessful.
Continue reading “Lake Mountain Search for missing man, August 2002”
A missing man’s car was located on the Woods Point Road, Cambarville. Initial searching was unsuccessful.
A BSAR call out resulted in a large team joining the search effort early on Monday 17 March. BSAR groups searched the main gullies and spurs.
