[LINK] Lost in the Blue Mountains: triple-0 operator 'uncaring'

[Peter Bowditch]

Danny said:

> Jan Whitaker wrote:
> > Note: I didn't say mandatory to carry them. I said that they were 
> > *at* the parks. That would then make them available instead of at 
> > outdoor stores or police stations away from where the devices are 
> > needed. Why not have them issued at the time of entry when you pay 
> > your fee? 
> 
> The vast majority of NSW National Parks have no fees to enter and
> indeed no formal entry points.

In this particular case the hikers would have started their walk at a 
point where hundreds of tourists a day set out to the Three Sisters. I 
live two promontories east and I can be at the bottom of the valley in 30-
40 minutes from my back door. Mt Solitary doesn't look that far away.

Here's a nice  walk. (The Queen Victoria Hospital is about 3k past my 
front door.)

http://ozultimate.com/bushwalking/walk.php?int_resource_id=237

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Peter Bowditch
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