Two missing bushwalkers have been rescued following a multi-agency operation in the State's Northern Tablelands.
About 5pm Friday (16 August 2024), emergency services were called to Point Look Out in the New England National Park, following reports two men had become lost while bushwalking.
A command post was established, and officers attached to New England Police District responded.
Later that evening, Armidale police along with the SES located a 63-year-old man and a 51-year-old man uninjured.
Police, with assistance from the SES Vertical Rescue Unit, successfully extracted the men from dense bushland.
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