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‘Lily Hooper has been found alive’: missing teen hiker found a week after disappearing in NSW national park

The Guardian Australia - Australia News · 20 August 2026 at 12:04 pm

‘Lily Hooper has been found alive’: missing teen hiker found a week after disappearing in NSW national park

Hooper was found on Thursday ‘with half a bottle of water’ after getting lost in Nattai national park last Wednesday Missing 18-year-old bushwalker Lily Hooper has been found alive in a remote New South Wales national park more than a week after setting out on her hike.

On Thursday, police said Hooper had been found following a multi-agency search in the rugged terrain of Nattai national park, about 90km south-west of Sydney .

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‘Lily Hooper has been found alive’: missing teen hiker found a week after disappearing in NSW national park

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