Mustnt have been watching very hard WB - RAAF doesnt have any choppers. All Army or Navy. Generally, RAN only get involved if it is beyond the capability of civil SAR agencies to do the hero stuff - out of range, night, bad weather etc etc. Perhaps they did this one because there is nothing capable of the job in WA. Does seem strange that such a huge and generally independant state as WA only has one polie chopper and no SAR/EMS choppers at all!! S'pose it all comes down to the mighty (?) Aus$. Hope things over there improve and more choppers for this sort of service start to appear.