Fears for missing Sydney teen who hasn’t been seen since leaving for hike on Wednesday

Fresh search teams to scour Nattai national park for Lily Hooper, 18, who failed to return home from a bushwalk Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The search for an 18-year-old bushwalker missing in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales since Wednesday is continuing, with fresh teams arriving at the Nattai national park on Saturday morning. Lily Hooper left her home in Sydney’s south-west about 8am on 12 August, after telling family she was going for a hike in the national park, north-west of Mittagong. The experienced hiker was reported missing when she did not return that evening and could not be reached, despite having sent messages from the park earlier in the day. A search began with her car found parked on Wanganderry Road, near the start of the Bonnum Pic Walking Trail at High Range, about 11pm that night. On Saturday, NSW police said in a statement that initial inquiries indicated Hooper reached the summit of Bonnum Pic about mid-morning on Wednesday, but had made no further contact since then. A multi-agency search – involving local police, regional Police Rescue, NSW Ambulance, Fire and Rescue NSW, the State Emergency Service and members o