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Woman evacuated from Kokoda Track

Sydney : Australia | about 1 month ago  
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The woman was apparently feeling dizzy and nauseous as her group approached camp yesterday afternoon at the southern end of the 96-kilometre trek. She is being picked up from Uale Creek by helicopter and flown to the PNG capital Port Moresby. Fifty-five-year-old Sydney man Phillip Brunskill died...
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  • News Source: Sydney Morning Herald | about 1 month ago
    Jan Sheehan, flight nurse manager for PNG's International SOS medical rescue team, says something similar to Australia's Westpac Rescue helicopter is needed urgently. "I just don't think Australians are fully aware of what the Kokoda challenge is and...
  • News Source: The Daily Telegraph | about 1 month ago
    New Guinea's culture minister is urging Australians tackling the tough Kokoda Track to train for at least three months before setting out. Charles Abel was responding to the death of Sydneysider Phillip Brunskill, 55, who died from a suspected heart...
  • News Source: Sydney Morning Herald | about 1 month ago
    The woman was in the same Adventure Kokoda group as Sydneysider Phillip Brunskill, 55, who died from a suspected heart attack on Sunday afternoon after he began having difficulty less than an hour into the trek and agreed he was too unfit to continue.
  • News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | about 1 month ago
    The woman was apparently feeling dizzy and nauseous as her group approached camp yesterday afternoon at the southern end of the 96-kilometre trek. She is being picked up from Uale Creek by helicopter and flown to the PNG capital Port Moresby. Fifty-...
  • News Source: The Age | about 1 month ago
    Charlie Lynn, the tour operator of Adventure Kokoda, says it is clear urgent action is needed after the deaths of two Australians in the past week.Sydney man Phillip Brunskill, 55, died from a suspected heart attack on Sunday after walking the track...
  • News Source: The Courier-Mail | about 1 month ago
    Mr Brunskill is the second Australian to die within a week while attempting the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea and the fourth to die this year. Charlie Lynn, a NSW upper house MP who established Adventure Kokoda in 1991, said the group had followed...
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