Some students from a private school in Bendigo (in the state of Victoria but I think several hours drive from us) had to be evacuated from their camping/ hiking trip to Mt Howitt yesterday.
This was cos overnight on Wed nite, heavy snowfall and strong winds caused some of their tents to collapse and the cold conditions didn't look like it'll improve. I interviewed 2 students, spoke to a police inspector and called the deputy head today.
To me, it was one of those rare story opportunity since the school had never had to call off a camp in its 20 year history. The students had also never experienced such drastic weather change before.
And I only knew the story cos I noticed quite a few cameramen standing outside one of our town's popular hotel and was asking what they were filming and they said some students were stranded at the mountains. They weren't exactly, just evacuated with 6 troop carriers, a police 4 wheel drive and an ambulance 4 wheel drive. Fortunately, everyone was safe and sound.
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