A teenage girl who fell over 150 metres from Seven Acre Rock in Gembrook was rescued by helicopter on Monday 18 January.
The girl was exploring the popular sightseeing spot with her family when she fell down the bank, injuring herself in the process.
A “good samaritan” named Aaron Fawcett climbed all the way down to stay with the girl while emergency services arrived.
“A man went down the side of the rocks, not over the edge obviously, and he went down to check on her,” Mr Sparkes said.
Multiple emergency service agencies were paged to the rescue, with CFA, FRV, Victoria Police and Fire Rescue Victoria also attending.
An Ambulance Victoria (AV) spokesperson said an ambulance helicopter crew attended the scene.
“A specialist Air Ambulance Victoria helicopter crew, Advanced Life Support (ALS) and Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance (MICA) paramedic crews attended the scene.”
“She was airlifted to the Royal Children’s Hospital and remains in a stable condition with a lower body injury,” an AV spokesperson said.
CFA’s District 13 Ropes Team were on scene to offer support while the Upper Yarra SES made its way down to Aaron and helped him back to the Seven Acre Rock car park.
Mr Sparkes said the Upper Yarra SES has responded to many incidents at Seven Acre Rock in the past.
“We’ve had this rescue before, we’ve had people go up there before and fall off that same rock. They go up there and take selfies and they walk just off the edge.”
