Monday 12 September 2016

Missing Bushwalker Found Safe

BY IAN CROUCH

A bushwalker missing since Saturday in the Wollemi National Park south of Putty has been found safe and well this morning.

62-year-old Gary Bucholtz was with three others when he left them to go and get water, but became separated from the group - they also became lost trying to find him.

The Hunter's Westpac Rescue Helicopter honed-in of a rescue beacon this morning and a paramedic was winched down to the trio.

Mr Bucholtz was  found at the bottom of a canyon a short time later and was winched to safety.

Apart from being hungry and cold, he'd not sustained any injuries.