Qld: Body found in search for missing bushwalker

AAP General News (Australia)
08-07-2008
Qld: Body found in search for missing bushwalker

BRISBANE, Aug 7 AAP - A body found in rugged bushland in south-east Queensland is believed
to be that of a 65-year-old bushwalker missing since Saturday.

Robert Young, from Bli Bli on the Sunshine Coast, became separated from a group of
walkers at Running Creek Falls at the western end of Lamington National Park early on
Saturday afternoon.

Soldiers recently returned from service in Iraq yesterday joined the search, which
also involved police, SES volunteers and emergency helicopters.

Late yesterday, search coordinators received a satellite phone call from a local bushwalker
to report a sighting of Mr Young in a remote area of the national park.

Inspector Barry Day said terrain near the reported sighting was too dangerous for rescuers
to traverse at night.

Police and a paramedic were winched into the ravine about 9.20am (AEST) today, before
hiking through rugged terrain and finding the body.

Efforts are being made to recover the body, which is yet to be formally identified.

Mr Young had been wearing only shorts, a T-shirt and boots when he went missing, but
was said to be "super fit".

AAP dmc/pjo/it/cdh

KEYWORD: BUSHWALKER BODY LEAD

2008 AAP Information Services Pty Limited (AAP) or its Licensors.