Three missing bushwalkers reported missing in Lithgow overnight were found at about 10am on Sunday morning, July 8.
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Police, NSW Ambulance and Lithgow Volunteer Rescue Association (VRA) worked to find the three, who were then assessed by paramedics.
Police were alerted at about 6.45pm on Saturday, July 7 when an EPIRB (Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon) was activated in the vicinity of Tiger Snake Canyon at the Newnes Plateau.
The EPIRB was registered to a man from a Canberra address, who advised emergency services his daughter, another woman and a man, all aged 28, had taken it during a hike in the Tiger Snake Canyon.
A search resumed at 7.30am on Sunday morning involving Polair and air ambulance. A command post was established at Newnes Plateau with Chifley Police District officers co-ordinating the rescue effort.
About 10am police and air ambulance located the three missing bushwalkers. They were winched to safety.