In a scene mirroring a Hollywood movie, a kayaker was rescued after a 20-hour ordeal on a river in Southern Australia that saw the man's leg amputated, police confirmed afterwards.

Rescue teams amputated a kayaker's leg at the weekend after it was trapped in a rocky crevice on a dangerous stretch of Australian river, police said.

A man in his 60s has had his leg amputated after becoming "wedged" between rocks while kayaking in Tasmania.The tourist, who had been kayaking with friends on the Australian island, was partially submerged in the Franklin River when he became stuck on Friday afternoon,