Manfred LUCK
Search and rescue operation: Missing man, Girraween
Stanthorpe
and Wallangarra police are currently searching the Girraween National Park
on the Granite Belt QLD for a missing 71-year-old man.
Manfred Luck
(pictured below) was last spoken to on Saturday, March 27, prior to
commencing a bushwalk in the Girraween National Park on Sunday, March 28.
Manfred was
reported missing this morning, after he failed to make contact after his
bushwalk.
Police with
the assistance of SES are currently searching the National Park, following
the discovering of Manfred’s vehicle in the carpark at 9am this morning.
A forward
command post has been set up on Mount Norman Road in Wallangarra.
Manfred is
believed to be an experienced bushwalker and was carrying a backpack at the
time of his bushwalk.
Manfred is
described as Caucasian, about 170cm tall with brown hair and brown eyes.
Police are
appealing to anyone who has been hiking in the Girraween National Park and
may have seen Manfred to contact police.
Search for missing Girraween bushwalker enters third day
‘Very hard area to search’: Police, SES ramp up mission to find missing
71-year-old in Girraween National Park.
March 31, 2021 - 10:00AMTessa Flemming Warwick
Daily News
The search for a missing 71-year-old man who was last seen heading to Girraween
National Park has entered its third day.
An extensive land and air search was sparked in the Stanthorpe/Wallangarra park
on Monday after Manfred Luck failed to report back to following a Sunday hike.
On Tuesday afternoon, police called in a chopper to assist in the search.
SES southwest area controller Ian Phipps said SES volunteers from Toowoomba and
the Lockyer Valley had also joined, and a Warwick SES Polaris 4WD was being
utilised.
"They're still searching areas of probability, where he may be, but it's a very
hard area to search," he said.
"The place requires a lot of actual physical people on the ground."
Mr Luck is believed to be an experienced bushwalker and was carrying a
backpack at the time of his bushwalk.
He is described as caucasian, about 170cm tall with brown hair and brown eyes.
Police are appealing to anyone who has been hiking in the Girraween National
Park and may have seen Mr Luck to contact police on (07) 4681 6400.
Search ends for hiker, lost for almost two weeks
Officers have described the search for lost hiker Manfred Luck as like looking
for a needle in a haystack, after he went missing in rugged terrain, near
Stanthorpe.
POLICE have called off the search of Manfred Luck after emergency services
failed to locate the 71-year-old hiker when he did not return from a hike in
Girraween National Park almost two weeks ago.
Stanthorpe Sergeant Chris Stewart headed up the search and said it was, “like
finding a needle in a haystack”.
“We threw everything we had at it,” he said.
“We had the SES and the army out there but it is very difficult terrain.”
Mr Luck was last spoken to on Saturday, March 27, prior to going on a bushwalk
in the Girraween National Park on Sunday, March 28.
He was reported missing on March 29 after he failed to check in to his
accommodation in Glen Aplin, leading to police locating his vehicle in the
national park’s car park early that day.
Sgt Stewart said there was no indication Mr Luck left the park.
“This is obviously very distressing for his family,” he said.
The search involved more than 15 Australian Defence Force personnel, more then
30 State Emergency Service members, Queensland Fire and Rescue Service, National
Parks and Wildlife officers as well as police consisting of ground units, dogs,
drones and Polair.
Their efforts were hampered by challenging terrain and poor weather conditions.
Sgt Stewart said police would wait for information from the public before they
resumed the search.
“The Queensland Coroner has deemed that we follow up any leads that arise,” he
said.
If you have information about the disappearance phone Policelink on 131 444.