Australia - GARY TWEDDLE - LEURA, NSW - 16th July 2013 *Media *Links *Timeline NO DISCUSSION

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Please go to the Gary Tweddle Missing Persons Forum - Thread #1,Thread #2Thread #3 to discuss this case.

This thread is for Main Stream Media Articles, Links, Timelines & Verified Information Related to the disappearance of Gary Tweddle:

Overview of case:
Missing from: Fairmont Resort - Leura - Blue Mountains - New South Wales - Australia
Time: Approx 12:37am Tuesday 16th July, 2013
Last Sighting: Standing talking on the phone on Watkins Road, Leura - Tuesday morning 16th July 2013 after leaving the Fairmont Resort where he was staying to attend a group work conference.
Last Contact: By Phone: Gary Tweddle made a 17 minute phone call to colleagues back at the resort to say he was lost in the bush - he was heading up a hill towards a light/main road before either his battery was depleted or he lost service.

Physical Description of GARY TWEDDLE:
Age: 23 years old
Hair: short brown hair
Eyes: brown eyes
Complexion: Fair
Height:165-170cm (64-66 inches) (5'4"-5'6"ft) tall.

Gary was wearing:
Purple and Pink Checkered patterned shirt
Dark Grey Jeans

Reports can be made to:
Australia Wide: Anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Katoomba Police Station (NSW Australia): 02 4782-8199.

Photos from: Have You Seen Gary Tweddle Facebook Page

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Poster which was distributed in the area - Version II
 

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MAIN STREAM MEDIA LINKS
16 07 2013


Report by: ABC NEWS - Read More...
Police are appealing for help to find a man who has gone missing from a hotel in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.
Gary Tweddle, from Cremorne on Sydney's north shore, left the Fairmont Resort at Leura in the early hours of this morning and has not been seen since.
Police say the 23-year-old's disappearance is totally out of character.

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MAIN STREAM MEDIA LINKS
17 07 2013


AUSTRALIAN TIMES NEWS UK - Read More...
SEARCH FOR MISSING BRITISH-AUSTRALIAN MAN CONTINUES IN BLUE MOUNTAINS
23-year-old Gary Tweddle went missing in the Blue Mountains in the early hours of Tuesday morning, with search efforts entering their second night.

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Main Stream Media Links
18 07 2013


ABC NEWS 7pm TV News NSW - view footage...
Partners plea over man missing in Blue Mountains
Video Footage & Interview - Repoter: Deborah Rice
Expires: 2013-10-16
Search crews / Anika Haigh (girlfriend) / Arial Footage of Fairmont Resort & Search area / Interview with Ins Daryl Jobson & Ins Mick Bostock


DAILY TELEGRAPH AU - Read More...
MAN MISSING IN NSW BLUE MOUNTAINS
THERE is no sign of a man missing in the NSW Blue Mountains after he disappeared from a work conference at a popular retreat three days ago.
Police say they have growing fears for 23-year-old Gary Tweddle, who was last seen leaving the Fairmont Resort at Leura early on Tuesday.


Yahoo News - Read More...
MAN MISSING IN NSW BLUE MOUNTAINS
AAPUpdated - Video at Link
There is no sign of a man missing in the NSW Blue Mountains after he disappeared from a work conference at a popular retreat three days ago.
Police say they have growing fears for 23-year-old Gary Tweddle, who was last seen leaving the Fairmont Resort at Leura early on Tuesday.

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Main Stream Media
19 07 2013

Sydney Morning Herald News - Read More...
SYDNEY MAN GARY TWEDDLE MISSING IN BLUE MOUNTAINS SINCE TUESDAY
The 23-year-old, who worked as a sales representative at computer technology corporation Oracle, appeared to be in good spirits when talking on his mobile phone to a friend shortly after midnight, the last time he was heard from. He told his friend that he had been separated from a group and was lost in bushland near a main road.

ABC News - Read More...
POLICE CONTINUE SEARCH FOR MAN MISSING IN BLUE MOUNTAINS
Volunteers from the State Emergency Service (SES) and 150 police will resume the search in bushland near the resort.
Crews say there were unusually mild conditions in the area overnight, but police say it is critical Mr Tweedle is found before cold weather and snow forecast for this afternoon.

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Main Stream Media
20 07 2013

ABC News - Read More...
RESCUERS RACE AGAINST TIME TO FIND MISSING MAN GARY TWEDDLE IN BLUE MOUNTAINS
Detective Inspector Bostock says police have received multiple reports from the public.
"We have had a number of people come forward with information," he said.
"They've heard voices and coo-ee. We're not discounting any information, we're checking out all leads."

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MAINSTREAM MEDIA
21 07 2013

POLICE STATEMENT - Read More
BLUE MOUNTAINS LAC REPORT
Since the commencement of the operation, there has been a staggering total of 700 plus volunteers from the Rural Fire Service, State Emergency Service and the Bushwalkers Wilderness Rescue Squad on the ground searching for Gary.

ABC News - Read More...
FEARS FOR MISSING MAN AS BLUE MOUNTAINS WEATHER WORSENS
Inspector Paul Glinn says there are concerns for Mr Tweddle's welfare after weather worsened overnight.
"It's anticipated the temperature will be in the low single digits today, between 2 to 6 degrees [and] there's strong wind from the west," he said.

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Main Stream Media
23 07 2013

LONDON EVENING STANDARD UK - Read More...
Abseilers join the hunt in Blue Mountains for missing British man Gary Tweddle
Hours later police launched one of the largest searches conducted there with help from 700 volunteers.
Mr Tweddle, an experienced hiker, lives with his girlfriend Anika Haigh in a flat in the Sydney harbourside suburb of Cremorne.
His father David flew from Britain to join the search.

Sydney Morning Herald - Read More...
Abrupt end to missing man's call
Mr Tweddle was last seen waving at a car 400 metres from the Watkins Road resort about 12.15am.
Inspector Bostock said that a motorist saw him standing on the road next to overturned bins but did not stop.

MP3 RADIO INTERVIEW - POLICE - Inspector Mick Bostock
ABC Radio Interview
Details regarding the search and what Police are doing.
3:05sec in length

SINGLETON ARGUS NEWS - Read More...
Girlfriend holds on to hope as search for Gary Tweddle continues
The girlfriend of missing Sydney man Gary Tweddle says she feels the hope in her heart will guide him home as police continue an eight-day search in the Blue Mountains.
Anika Haigh and more than 50 of Mr Tweddle's friends and family are helping with the search by talking to residents, door-knocking and plastering his picture around the streets of Leura.

ABC News - Read More...
FAMILY REMAINS HOPEFUL IN SEARCH FOR MISSING MAN
In one of the largest searches ever conducted in the Blue Mountains, Police say the rescue team has now covered around 14 square kilometres of extremely difficult terrain.

Blue Mountains LAC Police Report - Read More...
Updated last Tuesday (23RD JULY 2013)
Day 8 in the search for Gary TWEDDLE has concluded with about 80 police and volunteers deployed into the search area.

*Will edit with link
POLICE CONTINUE SEARCH FOR MISSING MAN - LEURA
Latest Media Releases
Friday, 26 July 2013 09:18:31 PM
Police are again appealing for anyone who might have seen a man missing in the Blue Mountains since last week, as the search for him continues.

Blue Mountains Gazette - Read More...
Race on to find missing Sydney man Gary Tweddle
Ms Haigh, an events manager, said her boyfriend of three years “is a very fit young man, we do boot camp three times a week, I’m confident if anyone can make it through these days it’s him”.
Police have a timeline of the last known movements of Gary Tweddle.

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Main Stream Media
24 07 2013

Daily Telegraph - Read More...
Mates refuse to give up on Gary Tweddle
THE four colleagues who spoke to Gary Tweddle on a mobile phone before he got cut off and disappeared more than a week ago have been helping search for the missing man.
The group was part of one of the Blue Mountains' biggest search efforts to date.

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Main Stream Media
26 07 2013

Daily Mail UK - read More...
'Cherish every second with those you love'
Message from heartbroken father of missing Briton, 23, lost in Australian Blue Mountains for 10 days who now fears his son is dead
The father of a young British man who has been lost in the thick bushland and gullies of Australia’s Blue Mountains for 10 bitterly cold nights today admitted he believes that his son is dead.

ABC News - Read More...
Father of missing man says search now a 'recovery'
The father of a Sydney man who has been missing in the Blue Mountains for 10 days has thanked those who have helped search for his son, while revealing the operation is now a recovery rather than rescue mission.

BBC News UK - Read More...
Gary Tweddle search in Australia 'now recovery operation'
"The New South Wales police will continue to search forever if that is what it takes, we will never give up hope," he added.

Herald Sun - Read More...
Gary Tweddle search scaled back
NSW Police confirmed on Friday that rescue workers were still looking for the 23-year-old but that the search had been scaled back. This comes after officers door-knocked every house within a 1400 square kilometre area around Leura, where he was last seen.

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Main Stream Media
29 07 2013

Blue Mountains LAC Police Report - Read More...
Search for Gary Tweddle - Day 12
Rescue and general duties police were again operating from Fairmont Resort today. Crews were maintaining a presence in the Leura /Wentworth falls area, and conducting inquiries.
Again, nothing of note was found, or learnt, today.

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Main Stream Media
30 07 2013

Blue Mountains Gazette - Read More...
Gary Tweddle mystery remains unsolved
More than 1,000 people gave more than 10,000 hours over 12 days but, in the end, no one could find Gary Tweddle.
With no sign of the 23-year-old who disappeared from the Fairmont Resort on July 16, his grieving parents reluctantly left Leura last Friday to return to their homes, the fate of their son still a mystery.

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Main Stream Media
31 07 2013

GETREADING UK News - Read More...
"WE WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO HOPE" SAYS FATHER OF TWYFORD MAN MISSING IN AUSTRALIA
David Tweddle used social media to thank the hundreds of people involved in the hunt for 23-year-old Gary and, as the search was scaled down to a recovery operation, said he would never give up hope of finding the son he ‘missed and loved unconditionally’.

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Main Stream Media
04 08 2013

*Note: This article contains the most recent and relevant information regarding Gary Tweddle's timeline.

Sydney morning Herald - Read More...
YOUNG MAN WHO VANISHED INTO THE NIGHT
The group continued drinking in one of the resort rooms and Mr Tweddle had a few sips of a beer before he told his colleagues he was ''going downstairs for a minute''. Blue Mountains Detective Inspector Mick Bostock, said CCTV footage captures him running from the resort on Sublime Point Road.

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Main Stream Media
05 08 2013

Have you seen Gary Tweddle Facebook Page
Questions answered
Gary has the ‘Find my Phone’ app – however since the phone has no battery, this was not able to give a location. Police have contacted Apple and Google in the UK and US to determine whether they have any information that could be used to locate Gary.

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Main Stream Media
06 08 2013

BBC UK - Read More...
Father of missing Gary Tweddle returns from Australia alone
"It's the not knowing which is the really difficult part. To speculate is really difficult for me." He described the decision to come home as "horrendous".
"I won't ever go back to Australia - I always hold out hope but the reality is acceptance now.

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