Survival

Brant Webb and Todd Russell have clocked off from what must surely be one of the longest mining shifts on record. The two men walked to the ambulances that took them to a nearby hospital for a check up.

Wonderful news.

Phil Williams is nattering away about it in the background. Phil Mercer is still reporting from the relatively safe distance of Sydney - 914km from Launceston (Great Circle distance equivalent) according to Geoscience Australia which is a fab. site for natural science data related to Australia.

Congratulations to everyone involved in the rescue of the two miners. Let's not forget either Larry Knight who will be buried today having died in the original rock fall and Larry's family and friends who are burying him against the backdrop of this euphoria.