A rock fisherman has been winched to safety after getting into strife at Tathra Headland today, Saturday, June 18.
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Toll SouthCare Rescue Helicopter 202 was tasked to Tathra at 9.40am to assist in the retrieval of the man, who is believed to be a visitor from Melbourne.
Toll SouthCare Rescue helicopter winches a rock fisherman to safety at Tathra Headland on June 18. Photo sent in by Col Goodacre
He was reportedly washed off the rocks and injured his leg.
A Toll spokeswoman said the man was winched safely aboard and then flown to Canberra Hospital for treatment.
The rescue comes just days after a rock fisherman narrowly escaped drowning after being washed from rocks near Batemans Bay on June 12 in hazardous sea conditions.
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