Police and SES volunteers have reached a woman who became lost hiking in the Grampians this afternoon.
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Stawell Sergeant Russell Brown said a call came through at 5pm.
"The woman walked in from Beehive Falls to go to the plantation campground and became lost. She failed to obey the signs saying the track was shut," Sergeant Brown said.
"She said she had run out of water four hours ago. We tracked her phone and found her GPs co-ordinates."
Sergeant Brown said police were regularly called to this kind of job.
"A lot of the tracks have been closed since the complex fire five years ago, but people still walk up there. The tracks are overgrown and they don't know exactly where they are, so the next thing you know they're ringing us."
"This sort of thing is a three or four hour jobs, so it's quite time-consuming. We urge people to obey the signs in National Parks."
Sergeant Brown said Stawell police officers had also recently undertaken a search and rescue course unique to the police service area, to improve their map reading skills for when they needed to respond to situations like this.
Alexander Darling
Alexander has been a member of the Wimmera Mail-Times' editorial team since December 2018, covering politics, business and property among other rounds. He is a passionate St.Kilda and rock and roll fan, and has previously worked as a radio reporter in Port Macquarie and Gosford, NSW.
Alexander has been a member of the Wimmera Mail-Times' editorial team since December 2018, covering politics, business and property among other rounds. He is a passionate St.Kilda and rock and roll fan, and has previously worked as a radio reporter in Port Macquarie and Gosford, NSW.
