Pilbara Regional Exercise (Sep/97)

Date
September 1997 (3 days)

Where
Tambrey Ruins on the Coolawanyah Station

Scenario
Pilbara Regional Exercise. Included SES Units from Karratha, Port Hedland, Onslow, Tom Price, Newman, Wickham/Roebourne, Army personnel, Police, permanent SES staff.
The exercise was run around the clock based on a light plane accident over the Coolawanyah Station with further rescue complications included.

Numbers
120 people

Challenges
Catering had to service the camp 24 hours a day and cope with personnel turning up at different times and being in different locations. The volume of people also was the largest we had dealt with to date in bush conditions.

Highlights!
Loads of muffins for people who liked to snack! Great red round sunrises!