Hi hope this is in the right spot.
Myself and a group of mates Hiked up superb yesterday. We got back to our car by 6pm and proceeded to head off. I was diving and should have taken a moment to pause before crossing a muddy patch in the road and subsequently my car (X -Trail) bottom out. After trying unsuccessfully to get upboigged, two of our team walked the 9 km to a local farm house clad found someone who was able to give us a hand. I've never been so thankful to see a complete stranger when he arrived with his use and tow chain. The mud was uber sticky and i could feel it gripping the car as the tyres spun in the slush. Thankfully he got us unstuck and we drove on unhindered.
Until a police car waived us down.
His first question was "are you the guys that got stuck?" "We got stuck in the road, Yes"
I'm a bit surprised at this as we had no reception to even let anyone know what had happened.
He then asks where we just came from.
"Mt Superbus" we replied
"Did you see anyone else?" the officer asked We got a report that two men are stuck around the steamers. We said we had see two men, but they were kitted out for overnight camping and were headed north of Superbus summit. We had talked with the other hikers and quickly concluded that these were not the men the officer was looking for. We were able to confirm the location of a ute pulled over to the side of the road with no one near by. It wasn't near any of the know entrances to the Steamers. So we assumed that the two must be connected.
It was 8pm by the time we finished the conversation and the temperature was already down to 9 degrees.
The reason i post the story is because I found this report today.
https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/arts-and ... 2c7d17.htm
Very thankful they found them alive.