A WOMAN was found safe and well after a full-scale emergency search at Chaffey Dam, near Tamworth on Sunday night.
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The 20-year-old woman was on an inflatable raft shortly before 7pm that was blown across the dam, near Nundle, in the windy and choppy conditions.
Police said her family drove to the other side of the dam to collect her but found the empty raft, and no sign of the woman.
Officers were notified, and due to the fading light and fears for her safety as the water temperature dipped below 15 degrees, activated the SES and Westpac Rescue Helicopter, to assist in the search.
Police said the woman walked the length of the shoreline, back towards the camp.
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She was found safe and well about 11.25pm by the rescue chopper who guided the ground searchers to her location and back to her family.
Police said the woman was assessed by paramedics but was uninjured.
It was one of two overnight missions for the Westpac chopper after it was tasked to Tenterfield on Sunday night.
The crew’s clinical team assessed a 77-year-old man with a serious medical condition before he was flown to Tamworth hospital.
Breanna Chillingworth
Northern Daily Leader Senior Crime and Court Reporter
Northern Daily Leader Senior Crime and Court Reporter
