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Three teenage girls stranded on a cliff face in Melbourne's west have been returned to safety after a dramatic three-hour rescue operation.
The trio became stuck on a rock wall inside Werribee Gorge State Park, a popular bushwalking and rock-climbing area near Bacchus Marsh, about 2.30pm.
Acting Senior Sergeant Barry Hills said the teenage girls had decided to go for a walk, "and unfortunately they took a right turn instead of sticking to the path and they've become lost."
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Three women are stuck on a cliff face west of Melbourne.
A rescue operation is under way to reach the women, who became stuck on a rock wall inside Werribee Gorge State Park, a popular bushwalking and rock-climbing area near Bacchus Marsh.
A State Emergency Service crew has hiked three kilometres to reach the women.
An SES spokesman said the women were not injured but had become fatigued and found themselves stuck without a safe route down.
"There are no injures to speak of," he said.
"They were extremely tired and couldn't find a way down."
The climbers waited about two hours for SES crews to arrive after making a mayday call to triple-zero about 2pm.
The SES spokesman said they had adequate food and water provisions.
Rescue crews were initially going to perform a "high angle rescue", where they would have climbed down to meet the women, but decided it would be safer given the fair weather to walk in and meet them.
Paramedics are on standby waiting to assess the climbers once they've returned to safety.