From the linked Newspaper
Tam of Busselton Posted at 12:41 PM Today
At 9.45 last night we were at the caltex in Gelourp filling up when we heard this light plane's engine splutter and fail and saw it disappear. So we called the cops, went to investigate and found the pilot walking around talking to the other people who'd gathered. There wasn't a second person in the plane. Glad the young man in the plane is ok, can't say the same about the plane......