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“I think it could be a little Covid-related,” he said. “People aren’t travelling as far as before and they’re travelling closer to home, and of course, bushwalking is a great activity. “But we’ve been to all sorts of matter of recoveries and the amount of times you see a sign that says ‘Do not walk past this point’, and they still walk past the point and fall off. “The signs are there for a reason. It’s pretty simple.” Not walking to conditions such as recent rain, and pushing your hike for that perfect shot were other routes to disaster, Mr Newley said.

Premium Content Subscriber only A decade on from the devastation of Cyclone Yasi, Warwick SES controller John Newley said he could still remember the way the mood on the deployment bus shifted as the Warwick team entered a severely battered Innisfail. "The closer we got to Innisfail the more devastation you saw," he said. "You see all the banana and cane crops just absolutely flattened. Then you see all the destruction of all the buildings and trees. There's trees standing with not a leaf on them. Signs flattened to the ground, roofs ripped off homes. "Everybody is quite jovial that first...

Premium Content Subscriber only Warwick SES volunteers leapt into action to help rescue a hiker who fell down a cliff at the weekend. A woman in her 30s was climbing Main Range National Park with a partner on Saturday evening when she fell 10m near Sylvester’s Lookout. Fire crwes, police, paramedics and the local SES team were all called to the spot at about 3pm. After six hours, the woman was winched to safety by a QGAir Rescue 500 helicopter and taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital just after 9pm. According to Warwick local controller John Newley, the specialised Vertical Rescue t...