Search Areas
In the air:
- Search area covered 20 mile radius from Berrico trig.
- From Nundle to Nowendoc in the north to Warkworth and Clarencetown in the south.
- Eleven fixed wing aircraft and ten helicopters contour searched the mountains.
- 412 hrs of air search conducted.
On the ground:
- Bushwalkers wilderness rescue
- Police and S.W.O.S. units
- State emergency service
- Army reservists
- Forestry rangers
- 4WD clubs and motorcycle riders
- RAAF photo reconnaissance of area
- Landsat satellite to scan the search area
Over 400 people involved in the largest ever civilian search and rescue of its time.
Seach conducted from the 9th to the 18th of August 1981.
