{"id":76556,"date":"2026-08-20T09:59:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T09:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/76556\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T09:59:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T09:59:28","slug":"south-australian-couple-missing-in-tasmanias-north-west-found-by-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/76556\/","title":{"rendered":"South Australian couple missing in Tasmania&#8217;s north-west found by police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">An elderly South Australian couple missing in north-west Tasmania have been found cold and wet with minor injuries in the Dial Range area, police say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Clementina, 81, and her partner Peter, 79, were visiting family in Tasmania and had embarked on an afternoon of sightseeing in the region on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Missing SA couple in Tasmania, photos of a woman and a man next to each other.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/735a4a1a1d5f752eefef8240977933a4.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\">Clementina, 81, and her partner Peter, 79, have been found by police near the Dial Range. (Supplied: Tasmania Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">They were last seen at 2:30pm that day in Milabena, about 44 kilometres west of Burnie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">At a press conference in Burnie, police said the couple had been sightseeing, and their car had entered an unsealed road and got stuck.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A rutted dirt track surrounded by thick forest with a stream running through it.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1c428152e2965dae98af625698c6e693.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\">Cookes Road, where the couple were attempting to walk out from when they were found by police. (ABC News: Sandy Powell)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Inspector Anthea Maingay said the pair then left a note on the vehicle and had gone walking down the road in an &#8220;attempt&#8221; to find assistance, later returning to their car where they spent two nights.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A tasmania police vehicle with a trailer attached is parked in the forest\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/152ed49b4822ea5bb4d6a907339cc71a.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\">A Tasmania Police vehicle towing quad bikes leaves the search area. (ABC News: Sandy Powell)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Inspector Maingay said phone data had assisted searchers to narrow the search area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The couple were found near their car about 10:30am on Thursday, with police taking them to hospital as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A policewoman in uniform wearing glasses\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/81a44f1247e10a2748af792ab8c1d1e6.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 couple&#8217;s family &#8220;won&#8217;t be allowing them to go on any unaccompanied journeys for some time&#8221;, Inspector Anthea Maingay said. (ABC News: Sandy Powell)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Inspector Maingay said the couple thanked Tasmania Police and their family in Tasmania for their assistance and wanted to pass on that &#8220;they appreciated the outpouring of love and support from the community&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The couple&#8217;s family were grateful and relieved and &#8220;won&#8217;t be allowing them to go on any unaccompanied journeys for some time&#8221;, Inspector Maingay said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Search personnel quad bike near car in ditch in forest environment.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/f7c068c8d703b9699fa76dba19fb32d2.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\">Searchers located the couple on Thursday morning after they spent two nights in the car after it became stuck. 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