QLD POLICE and SES volunteers will continue their land
and air search of rugged terrain surrounding Cloncurry today
as police express “serious concerns” for two men missing for
several days in the region.
Mount Isa Inspector Trevor Kidd said as the time the
missing men spent in the harsh bushland increased, there was
increasing alarm for their welfare.
In separate incidents, a 50-year-old Cloncurry
resident went missing south-west of Cloncurry last week and
a Mount Isa man, believed to be in his late 40s, went
missing north of Quamby on Saturday night.
Yesterday about 10 State Emergency Service volunteers
from Cloncurry, Normanton, Karumba and Mount Isa assisted
police in an air and land search at Bannockburn Station,
about 26 kilometres north of Quamby.
An Emergency Management Queensland helicopter
conducted an air search yesterday.
Several smaller Cloncurry-based helicopters were also
deployed during the search.
Police have access to 4WDs and quad motorbikes;
however Inspector Kidd said due to the difficult terrain,
the majority of the search was being carried out on foot.
Police were yet to release the name or a photograph of
the man missing north of Quamby.
However, the man was understood to be of indigenous
descent.
It is understood the man worked in the area and was
familiar with the bushland surrounding Quamby.
Inspector Kidd said the searches would resume today.
“We’re focussing on both - they’re different searches
- but both in rugged and hot country,” he said.
“They’re both massive stations and we have concerns
for the welfare of both of the men.”
