{"id":364576,"date":"2025-12-22T13:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T13:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/364576\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T13:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T13:28:10","slug":"three-bushwalkers-rescued-from-lake-rhona-in-tasmanias-south-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/364576\/","title":{"rendered":"Three bushwalkers rescued from Lake Rhona in Tasmania&#8217;s south-west"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Three &#8220;cold and wet but otherwise uninjured&#8221; bushwalkers have been airlifted out of Tasmania&#8217;s remote south-west after calling for help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Tasmania Police said the trio were &#8220;safely retrieved from Lake Rhona in Tasmania&#8217;s remote south-west&#8221; after activating a personal locator beacon shortly after 1am on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The rescue helicopter was dispatched this morning and &#8220;favourable weather conditions allowed the helicopter crew to reach the scene&#8221;, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The trio was airlifted to Strathgordon, &#8220;cold and wet but otherwise uninjured&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police remind bushwalkers to always carry appropriate safety equipment, including a <a class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-01-10\/tas-personal-locator-beacon-explainer-hiking\/104792986\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/104792986\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">personal locator beacon<\/a>, when exploring remote areas in Tasmania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The Parks and Wildlife Service advises hikers contemplating Lake Rhona that &#8220;experience is recommended&#8221; and &#8220;tracks may be long, rough and very steep&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Weather conditions in Tasmania can change quickly and frequently, especially in alpine areas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Snow, rain, wind and sun are all possible at any time of the year, and bushfires can occur between October and March.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three &#8220;cold and wet but otherwise uninjured&#8221; bushwalkers have been airlifted out of Tasmania&#8217;s remote south-west after calling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,136641,198214,44,198215,1157],"class_list":["post-364576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bushwalker","tag-lake-rhona","tag-news","tag-plb","tag-rescue"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}