The adventurous pup took off after a wallaby on January 3, and found herself at the bottom of a 15-metre mine shaft.

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She was returned unharmed to her grateful owners by a combined effort from Moruya Fire and Rescue, police and Moruya SES.

“We came to the spot where she went into the bush, and could hear this faint bark – we couldn’t believe where she was,” owner Nigel Dallas said.

“The sides were completely sheer, and we could just see this little thing down the bottom.

“I thought ‘there’s no way in the world we could get down’.”

Mr Dallas called emergency services, and said he was blown away by their response.

“They took just 20 minutes, they were unbelievable,” he said.

“Fire and Rescue, police, the SES, I thought ‘oh my god, I’ve caused all this trouble,’ but they put us at ease and were fantastic. I can’t say enough about them.”

Mr Dallas said Megs was happy to be out of the hole.

“She didn’t have a scrape on her,” he said.

“When she came up you could see the tail going and the tongue hanging out – I reached out for her and she just went off. She was so happy.”

Her owners were ecstatic to be reunited with their puppy – and had a word of advice for other owners of adventurous pooches.

“They said never, ever hesitate to call emergency services.”