O'Reilly carries water to the two men, builds a fire and leaves all of his food and then begins the hike back to fetch help. En route, he discovers the corpse of Westray who had fallen on slippery rocks and had died of his injuries. O'Reilly makes it out of the valley and alerts the local community. He leads a large rescue party back to the crash site and the two survivors are carried out to safety. O'Reilly is praised for his heroism but he says that the real credit should go to Westray and Binstead. Uncomfortable with his newfound celebrity status, O'Reilly, with his wife, watches a newsreel of the rescue. He leaves the theatre early before anyone can recognise him. Jim Conway wrote a memorable harmonica music score. According to one critic "the harmonica overlays shots of the mist-shrouded rainforest, personalising the bush, giving it a haunting, threatening quality, and a sense of isolation." The show earned 26 ratings points on its premiere, coming second on its night to a John Farnham "Age of Reason" concert at World Expo. According to the "Sydney Morning Herald" "this was an excellent performance by the Stinson, which had been widely regarded in the industry as flying against impossible odds."