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Glenbrook Causeway
Just found this posted on the LAC Facebook page.
"When the Police helicopter had finished at Katoomba, it answered a call for assistance of stranded mountain bike riders in the vicinity of Glenbrook Gorge - the riders and bikes were located, and collected by the helicopter and safely dropped off at Glenbrook oval. As of PM 10/2, Glenbrook weir is still closed.
Please consider your planned activities over the weekend - with all the rain, river levels and creeks/canyons are high - consider delaying your activity, or consult the NPWS website for access at various locations in the Blue Mtns."
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Saw the chopper landing at the oval on the way home. Now I know what for!
Stay at home people!
What a bunch of idiots! "Stranded" is bullshit. Too stupid to ring up and find out if the causeway is open or closed and then too lazy to hoof it back up to Woodford. Great waste of time and resources.
Even when some people get the "causeway is closed and the track is too wet" type answer from the box, the response is "That's half the fun."
I should have said, "Stay at home, stupid, lazy people!"
Huh? How can they be lazy if they have ridden to the end of the Oaks? At least they tried.
(Mind you, not questioning the stupid part.)
So rather than going "Well, this here water is pretty high and fast flowing. We ain't getting across. Let's head back up to Woodford.", they have instead said "Well, this here water is pretty high and fast flowing. We ain't getting across. Let's call in a rescue chopper and a bunch of emergency services personnel to pull our stupid, lazy arses out to our cars." Don't worry that the rest of the area was going to hell in a handbag at about the same time.
Harsh? Perhaps. That's what working the last few days/nights and facing similar bufoonery will do to a person.
I have got to agree with JP, he has a valid point. People who waste tax payers money in using emergency resources as such should cop the bill for the rescue. With the amount of water up here lately they should have planned there ride better.
Extremely stupid I think.
Ambulence Officers have the same problem with people using them as a Taxi to get to the hospital for NON- life threatning treatment.
A better response from the rescue personnel could be,
'The forecast temp overnight is only 15deg, no-one ever died spending the night out in 15deg, so find a flat bit of ground, cuddle up, and then next day ride back to Woodford.'
I think there is a difference between someone needing medical attention and someone who wants to avoid discomfort.
Seen another group of riders crossing tonight while the water level was 1.2 metres. They formed a conga line to get across. The issue with crossing when the water is that high is the debris such as logs, not to mention losing your footing.
1.4m at 1800 hrs and water rising steadily.... thankfully no more morons sighted trying to cross the causeway as there would of been some extra participants (Yarramundi) in the now cancelled trig ride, but in totally different circumstances.
Nice variation of the classic ride!
I hope the people congregating at Glenbrook station this morning for the train had a plan to get out of the causeway that didnt include a helicopter.
Does anyone have a photo to post on the causeway flooding?
Yep, but only at 1.2 metres. http://flic.kr/ps/25S8Wh
I have one that was taken at the same time with 7 mtb riders crossing.
I like the one with the "No Stopping" sign