<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A tourist has been hospitalised after falling six metres down a cliff at the Mornington Peninsula National Park in Victoria.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Emergency services were called to rescue the 25-year-old near Cape Schanck in Flinders about 1.15pm today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 25-year-old was unconscious and choking on water. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-reservoir-woman-slashed-on-the-arm-after-man-follows-police-station/0ae678b1-4794-483f-aa53-902ea50b7464" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Woman threatened at knifepoint for car keys in police station car park</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Emergency services walked across the rough terrain to move the woman to higher ground on a stretcher to avoid the rising tide.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Then, a helicopter helped winch her and fly her to the Alfred Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Paramedic Jo Wilton told 9News the woman was missing her teeth and appeared to have a hip and wrist injury.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-mornington-peninsula-national-park-austrian-tourist-falls-six-metres-down-rock/a2e8934e-b162-487e-b963-b6d3cd0c9646" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-shooting-attack-victim-wounded-texan-rabbi-smiles-from-hospital-bed-new-photo/60d15084-5610-4697-90f8-981cbd364375" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'Hero' Texan rabbi smiles from hospital bed after Bondi attack</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The woman is a tourist from Austria who was visiting Bushrangers Bay, which is known for its picturesque views.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She is believed to have climbed the estimated 12-metre-tall Elephant Rock before falling on the way back down.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There's no actual tracks to get up to it, and on the way down, she has fallen, where there might have been some loose rocks," Wilton said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em></div></div>

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