A tourist has been hospitalised after falling six metres down a cliff at the Mornington Peninsula National Park in Victoria.
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A tourist has been taken to the hospital after plummeting six meters off a cliff in Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula National Park.

Rescue teams responded to an emergency call at around 1:15 PM, to assist the 25-year-old near Cape Schanck in Flinders.

The young woman was found unconscious and struggling to breathe after taking on water.

A tourist has been hospitalised after falling six metres down a cliff at the Mornington Peninsula National Park in Victoria.
A tourist has been hospitalised after falling six metres down a cliff at the Mornington Peninsula National Park in Victoria. (Nine)
Cape Schanck rescue
Emergency services were called to rescue the 25-year-old near Cape Schanck in Flinders about 1.15pm today. (9News)

Rescuers navigated the challenging terrain to transport her on a stretcher to a safer location, away from the encroaching tide.

Subsequently, a helicopter airlifted her to the Alfred Hospital, where she was treated for injuries that are not life-threatening.

Paramedic Jo Wilton told 9News the woman was missing her teeth and appeared to have a hip and wrist injury.

Cape Schanck rescue
A helicopter helped winch her and fly her to the Alfred Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. (9News)
A tourist has been hospitalised after falling six metres down a cliff at the Mornington Peninsula National Park in Victoria.
She is believed to have climbed the estimated 12-metre-tall Elephant Rock before falling on the way back down. (Nine)

The woman is a tourist from Austria who was visiting Bushrangers Bay, which is known for its picturesque views.

She is believed to have climbed the estimated 12-metre-tall Elephant Rock before falling on the way back down.

“There’s no actual tracks to get up to it, and on the way down, she has fallen, where there might have been some loose rocks,” Wilton said.

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