Bushwalker winched to safety after fall at Wongawallan on the Gold Coast A BUSHWALKER has been winched to safety after he fell while trekking through bushland in southeast Queensland. Earlier, the man called his son to tell him he had fallen and hurt his leg while bushwalking at Wongawallan on Sunday afternoon. Emergency services received the call for help about 3pm and responded with a police and the Rescue 500 helicopter. The search crew found the man a short time later after tracking his mobile phone. He was flown to a nearby road ambulance that then took him to Gold Coast University Hospital. Paramedics said the man had suffered only minor injuries and was transported as a precaution.