Bushwalker in Queensland crawls for two days with broken leg before being rescued

Neil Parker fractured his leg and wrist when he fell six metres down a waterfall at Mt Nebo, north-west of Brisbane

Colleagues of a Queensland hiker who fell down a waterfall and crawled for two days to safety with a shattered leg say he survived because he is a “competent and capable bushwalker”.

Neil Parker, 54, fractured his leg and wrist in the six-metre fall on Sunday while walking by himself in Cabbage Tree Creek on Mt Nebo, north-west of Brisbane.

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