ABC Five people stranded on a rocky outcrop.Five people who were stranded on a rock after their boat broke anchor have been rescued after emergency crews spotted their SOS message written on a sandbank.
Queensland water police discovered a six-metre boat adrift with nobody onboard near Brampton Island, about 30 kilometres north-east of Mackay, off north Queensland early yesterday afternoon.
After searching the area for several hours to no avail, a rescue helicopter was called to help find the boat's occupants.
Rescuers spotted an SOS message written in the sand at nearby Wigton Island about 5:30pm (AEST) and soon after found five people on a rocky outcrop.
The group had left the boat and gone ashore early in the morning.
They returned to discover the boat had broken anchor and drifted away.
All five were winched to safety after spending about nine hours stranded on the rock.
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