After being rescued by emergency helicopter in Tasmania, Kayla Dempsey was shocked to receive the massive bill more than a year later.
While hiking the Overland Trail in Tasmania, Canberra n Kayla Dempsey rolled her ankle and was rescued by emergency helicopter.
Kayla and Kyle's journey across the Overland Track took a turn for the worse after reaching the summit of Cradle Mountain."The pain was getting worse and I had a few chats to the rangers and they were suggesting that we get emergency airlifted out." It wasn't until 14 months later in March this year, long after returning to her home in Canberra, that Ms Dempsey received an unexpected invoice from the Tasmanian government."There was no mention of any cost or anything like that when we were on the chopper," she said." very confronting to see such a large sum as a bill, I have never owed that much money so to get something like that was very stressful.
Some jurisdictions have what's called a "reciprocal arrangement" — but these agreements vary significantly.
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