6th to 26th March 2010
A 1700 Kilometre Mountain Bike Ride celebrating 10 years of the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service saving lives in the New England North West NSW.
Starting in the Barossa Valley the ride will travel through South Australia, Victoria and NSW before heading home to Tamworth.
For more information phone 02 6766 6641 or visit www.rescuehelicopter.com.au
Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service is a community owned and operated aeromedical search and rescue service serving the Hunter Central Coast Mid North Coast New England and North West regions. It is one of six helicopter services contracted by NSW Health to perform emergency services in the New South Wales community. Each year the Helicopter Service performs over 1200 missions rescuing people from accident scenes and transporting critically ill patients from small rural hospitals to large tertiary hospitals primarily the John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle and the Base Hospital in Tamworth. The Helicopter Service provides a free service to over one million people covering a region of 132 000 square kilometres. Two helicopters are based in Newcastle and one in Tamworth.
I must attend next time. Glad to hear these news.
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