Bush Search and Rescue Victoria
Volunteer search and rescue in Victorian bush and alpine regions
18:00 Tue 22 Sep: BSAR call-out issued
Wed 23 Sep: 30 BSAR members attended the search. Search groups were allocated tasks from search base at Warbuton Police Station. The missing person was located deceased in the afternoon.
The Backcountry Ski Festival is providing an online event this year on Sunday 6 September after the on snow event was cancelled.
Date and time is Sunday 6th September 1:00 – 5:30.
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The BSAR Steep Snow and Ice alpine training that was scheduled for 19 Sep 2020 has been cancelled due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions.
An online training seminar covering alpine search and rescue topics will be held on 3-4pm Saturday 3 Oct.
Details will be emailed to all members.
08:00 Sat 15 Aug: 29 BSAR searchers departed for search near Langwarrin.
17:00 Sat 15 Aug: BSAR searchers returned home after completing search tasks in and around the The Pines Flora and Fauna Reserve
The missing person was later located deceased after the search.
Parks Victoria has advised the Alpine National Park will be closed from 11.59pm Wednesday 5 August, 2020 as part of the Stage 3 COVID-19 restrictions.
The closure covers the entirety of the park, including Mount Bogong and the Bogong High Plains in our local area. Entry to the Alpine National Park is not permitted until further advised.
Parks Victoria will place signage and barriers at trails heads and entry points into the park advising of the closure.
Maintenance of essential infrastructure will still be permitted under the closure provided work crews entering the park comply with COVID-19 physical distancing and hygiene restrictions.
17:00 Fri 24 Jul: BSAR call-out for a search for missing person near Neilborough.
10:00 Sat 24 Jul: 30 BSAR members commenced searching near Neilborough.
12:10 Sat 24 Jul: Missing person was found deceased.
14:30 Sat 24 Jul: 30 BSAR members departed to return to Melbourne.
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By Elise Kinsella, 19 Jul 2020, 12:12pm
An interesting article about missing people in the Victorian alps. BSAR participated in three of these searches.
Thu 16 July. Three BSAR members from the North East joined the search for a missing person in bush near Molyullah.
Fri 17 July. Thirty BSAR members responded to join search. They did not leave Melbourne as the missing person was found deceased.
8:00 pm Mon 8 June. Call-out for BSAR members for a search near Mt Disappointment.
24 BSAR members searched all day and camped out overnight at search base near Mt Disappointment. The bush was think with regrowth from bushfires.
There were over 450 searchers from several different emergency services and numerous community volunteer searchers.
Continue reading “Search for missing person near Mt Disappointment”John Sylvester has written an interesting article in The Age about several people missing in the Victorian Alps.
BSAR was involved in some searches for some of these missing people including Tomahawk Creek (2011), Merrijig (2019) and Mount Dom Dom (2008)
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.