A Bundaberg rider says he probably owes his life to a $290 Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon or EPIRB after crashing his Honda 1200X Crossrunner adventure bike in bull dust in north ...
A Gladstone man has been ordered to pay costs of almost $30,000 for unnecessarily setting off an EPIRB distress beacon. The Mackay Magistrates Court was told Brett Douglas Jamie, who did not appear in ...
Don't miss out on the headlines from Fraser Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. Maritime Safety Authority advice indicates boat owners must own a 406MHz EPIRB if they are travelling ...
More than 80 per cent of emergency beacon activations last year were unwarranted, data obtained by the ABC shows. An emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) is used to alert authorities ...