Two paragliders stranded on a cliff face at Wybung Head were saved in a complex vertical rescue mission on Sunday, February 25.
A man and woman were stuck on a ledge after crashing into the headland south of Frazer Beach in Munmorah State Conservation Area.
Multiple emergency and rescue crews converged on the area after the alarm was raised at about 4.30pm.
Rural Fire Brigades from Lake Munmorah and Wallarah cut a route through the thick vegetation for rescuers to access the scene and set up lines to rescue the paragliders.
It took almost two hours and a combined effort of police, special operations paramedics, firefighters and a Central Coast VRA Rescue Squad to pull off the rescue operation.
A medical team was winched down to the stricken paragliders by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter and the pair was stabilised before being lifted back up to safety.
Both the man and woman sustained leg injuries and were taken by ambulance to John Hunter Hospital.
