{"id":75502,"date":"2026-08-19T07:25:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T07:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/75502\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T07:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T07:25:13","slug":"south-australian-couple-missing-in-tasmania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/75502\/","title":{"rendered":"South Australian couple missing in Tasmania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Tasmania Police has deployed search and rescue teams in the state&#8217;s north-west after an elderly couple visiting from South Australia was reported missing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Clementina, 81, and her 79-year-old partner Peter were last seen at 2:30pm yesterday in Milabena, 44 kilometres west of Burnie, in Tasmania&#8217;s north.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The couple was visiting family in Tasmania and had embarked on an afternoon of sightseeing, with their destination unknown.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Elderly man in outdoor setting.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9c378bcecfaaa4d6d7e8ab0267d3c8f0.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Peter, pictured in an image released by police. (Supplied: Tasmania Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police believe they may be with their vehicle, a silver Honda CR-V with South Australian registration S744ACB.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police believe the pair may have intended to travel to the Penguin, Gawler and Gunns Plains area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The couple was first reported missing last night after they did not return home as planned and their family were unable to get in contact with them.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Silver sedan in car park.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/904beeab49dd9439617814d5888c86b2.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The silver 2008 Honda CRV driven by the South Australian couple in Tasmania. (Supplied: Tasmania Police)<\/p>\n<p>Unfavourable weather marring search<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Clementina is described as about 149 centimetres tall, of solid build and was last seen wearing a green sherpa-lined hoodie, blue or black pants and black lace-up shoes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Peter is described as of solid build, with grey hair, glasses, no facial hair and about 170 cm tall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He was wearing a navy blue hoodie, navy blue track pants and New Balance sneakers when last seen by family members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The police helicopter has been requested to aid the search, but unfavourable weather conditions in the area have prevented it from assisting so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Anyone with information or who may have seen the couple or their silver car is being urged to contact Tasmania Police on 131 444.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tasmania Police has deployed search and rescue teams in the state&#8217;s north-west after an elderly couple visiting from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22,21,111014,26639,111015],"class_list":["post-75502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-austrlia","tag-clementina-and-peter","tag-missing-persons","tag-north-west-tasmania-police-search"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}