by Chris Webber | Feb 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
I stress that most incidents do not involve people doing anything stupid but there are exceptions. It was raining on 22 February and there aren’t any obvious hand holds on Katoomba Cascades, which would always be somewhat slippery. You can get to the top quite...
by Chris Webber | Feb 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Gazette 3 July 1991 says that Jim Smith reported a total of 114 bushwalkers were rescued in the “recent long weekend” presumably the period 29 June – 1 July 1991. Unfortunately, there are no further details, but there must have been some groups...
by Chris Webber | Feb 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
BM Gazette 31 July 1991: On Saturday 27 July 1991. 56 searchers set off from the Golden Staircase on Narrowneck Plateau to look for a man who had been missing for five days in freezing winter weather. The search for the man began after his mother had received a...
by Chris Webber | Feb 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
The waste of time and effort wasn’t funny but this one made me laugh! Blue Mtns Gazette 17 July 1991: A rescue party, involving the police rescue squad and a SCAT paramedic was called out at about 5.00pm on Wednesday (10 July)1991 . Rescuers were advised to...
by Chris Webber | Feb 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Australian Institute of Emergency Services has published a three page article I wrote about the Blue Mountains Community, which is always on the edge not just because it is perched on cliff tops but also because the sound of helicopters makes people nervous. You...
