Pair rescued from caves ordeal

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Pair rescued from caves ordeal
ABC Melbourne
Posted July 30, 2007

Two people had to be rescued by State Emergency volunteers and police overnight after being trapped for 12 hours in caves in Gippsland in south-east Victoria.

A 28-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman were exploring caves at Labertouche when they got stuck in a six metre hole yesterday afternoon.

The father of the man reported his son missing at 1:00am AEST today.

Police and the State Emergency Service searched the caves and had to pull the two people free.

They were cold but unharmed.

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Missing couple rescued by police - Labertouche
Victoria Police Media Release
Mon 30 July 2007

A 28-year-old man from Endeavour Hills and a 31 year old woman were extricated by a Neerim South policeman about an hour and a half after they were reported overdue.

The couple had been exploring the caves at Labertouche about 2.00pm yesterday when they found themselves unable to get out of a 20 foot deep hole.

The man’s father alerted police shortly after 1.00am when he became concerned that the couple had not returned on time.

Police arrived at the caves around 2.00am and discovered their car in the car park but no sign of the man or woman.

The policeman entered the caves and located them very quickly, they were very cold but basically unharmed.

After some assistance from the policeman, the man and woman were on their way home.

Senior Constable David Fitzgerald
Media Officer

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