{"id":401832,"date":"2025-11-24T18:14:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/401832\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T18:14:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:14:16","slug":"nsw-bushwalkers-body-recovered-at-federation-peak-tasmania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/401832\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW bushwalker&#8217;s body recovered at Federation Peak, Tasmania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The body of a bushwalker has been recovered in south-west Tasmania after being discovered by another bushwalker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Authorities were notified this morning after the man&#8217;s body was found near Federation Peak shortly before 10am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was sent to the scene and the body of the deceased man \u2014 since identified as a 39-year-old from New South Wales \u2014 was retrieved from the area early this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">His name has not been released.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A hiker stands atop a mountain ridge and looks over at other peaks.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/e14b3cce4ceb40771a45e63323a2f5c8\" 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 Eastern Arthurs Traverse is a grade five walk, meaning tracks are likely to be rough and steep. (Supplied: Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police said the man had been due to return from Federation Peak yesterday and that friends contacted them today after he failed to return as planned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police said the death was not being treated as suspicious and a report would be prepared for the coroner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Federation Peak has a height of 1,225 metres and is described as a &#8220;mecca for walkers and climbers everywhere&#8221; and is part of the Eastern Arthur Range Traverse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Federation Peak is an imposing quartzite mountain with\u00a0sheer faces and formidable jagged edges,&#8221; Tasmania&#8217;s Parks and Wildlife Service states on its website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The body of a bushwalker has been recovered in south-west Tasmania after being discovered by another bushwalker. Authorities&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":401833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,190175,190176,190178,50,190177,190179,129412],"class_list":{"0":"post-401832","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-federation-peak","10":"tag-federation-peak-body-found","11":"tag-is-federation-peak-dangerous","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-nsw-man-found-dead-tasmania","14":"tag-tasmania-bushwalker-death","15":"tag-tasmania-police"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115606039965567335","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}