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I was on a 5-day motorbike tour<\/a> in Australia, riding from Canberra to Coffs Harbour, NSW, through remote dirt roads and country towns. This was my second tour, and I considered myself a fairly experienced, albeit average, rider.<\/p>\n

On the first night, the company organizing the tour was selling the Ocean Signal rescueME PLB1<\/a>. I had thought about buying one a few times but had never actually done so. For some reason, late that Sunday evening, I decided to get one, just in case.<\/p>\n

The first four days went beautifully, with fantastic riding, great stops, and an overall amazing time. On the fifth and final day, while riding somewhere between Port Macquarie and Kempsey in NSW, I was moving at a brisk pace and started paying less attention than required. I came in a little too hot into a corner, hit an exposed rock on the gravel road, and whooska\u2014missed the bridge and went into the creek that I should have crossed instead. I happened to be recording at the time, so you can see a video of what occurred (here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

After a few minutes of recovering from the shock and ensuring I wasn\u2019t in immediate danger, I managed to recover my mobile phone from the mount on the handlebars, where it was submerged in the creek. Fortunately, it was still working, but I had no reception.<\/p>\n

There were about 150 other riders around me, some ahead, and most still behind. I listened for them and started throwing my helmet up onto the roadside as they approached. Unfortunately, no one saw it. I then started throwing my gloves, but that didn\u2019t work either. A few minutes passed, and I realized it was unlikely anyone would see me. I managed to retrieve my tail bag, also submerged and attached to the bike, where the PLB was situated. Once retrieved, I activated it and felt the sweet relief of knowing help was on the way once those little lights started flashing.<\/p>\n

More time passed, and a recovery vehicle went by without stopping. A few minutes later, Dave, one of the recovery drivers, came walking back onto the bridge to pick up the glove he thought I had dropped. From there, help arrived.<\/p>\n

The amazing thing about the PLB was that when the ambulance and police arrived, they already had all of my details and information about what I was doing, which I had loaded and registered with the PLB on that Sunday night before I left. Despite Dave arriving and calling 000, emergency services were already well on their way, significantly reducing the time I had to wait for medical assistance.<\/p>\n

Overall, I\u2019ll never travel remotely without a PLB again. For work, I spend a lot of time traveling in Western Queensland and up in the Cape. I previously hadn\u2019t had a PLB with me, but I will now.<\/p>\n

Thanks, Ocean Signal, for making such a great little life-saving device.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first four days went beautifully, with fantastic riding, great stops, and an overall amazing time. On the fifth and final day, while riding somewhere between Port Macquarie and Kempsey in NSW, I was moving at a brisk pace and started paying less attention than required. 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