Our new hiking personal locator beacon (PLB) for 2026 – is a GME Accusat MT620GR

We just bought this PLB device on 15th September 2026. It’s cost us AUD$569 via ‘ARB Penrith‘ 4×4 accessories store, which is located just down ‘the hill’ so to speak from our Blue Mountains base. Perhaps this purchase was inspiration which readers might appreciate if having read our previous article about ‘Lily’s Law‘ [>READ MORE]. Yet also in our case, […]

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The hiking demise of Lily Hooper – her situation? scenario? questions of why? how? on a solo hike? of her 2026 tragic death in our Blue Mountains Nattai National Park

[THIS AUTHOR’S NOTE:  This article, since recently being upgraded to a web-book, serves to present an online review, study and analysis of this factual and a very sad  outcome of a Blue Mountains outdoor recreation activity of August 2026.  This webpage updated 2026-10-03.] Reader guidance 🤷‍♂️ to this web-book:  This story is distressing because it’s about someone who has tragically […]

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