{"id":784710,"date":"2026-05-09T17:25:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T17:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/784710\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T17:25:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T17:25:17","slug":"wa-police-step-up-search-for-man-missing-on-bibbulmun-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/784710\/","title":{"rendered":"WA Police step up search for man missing on Bibbulmun Track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rebecca Peppiatt\" data-testid=\"author-avatar-image\" height=\"64\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/234745bd4728185116e9d41b06e90f37f7858ee9.png\"  width=\"64\" class=\"sc-9a01536c-0 libeSR\"\/>Save<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-d1b14060-4 JmUoF\">You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n<p>Remove items from your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watoday.com.au\/goodfood\/saved\" class=\"sc-3f16ee48-12 sc-d1b14060-2 jyLmZI iQLtAb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n<p>AAA<\/p>\n<p>WA Police are asking the public for help to find a man last seen heading towards the Bibbulmun Track in February, saying they now hold fears for his safety.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Robert Whitsed, 27, travelled from Victoria to WA and was last seen walking toward the trail with camping items on Brookton Highway, near Albany Highway, in Armadale on February 18.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Samuel Whitsed has been missing since February.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/97b806875623ee03a54f93f2be72e60189bcc4064129f5376dc465e5999723ed.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ioInpc\"\/>Samuel Whitsed has been missing since February.WA Police<\/p>\n<p>Whitsed was believed to have been intending to travel along the track from Brookton Highway to Mundaring but six weeks ago police say a green tent was found by members of the public at Canning Hut.<\/p>\n<p>They later confirmed it was Whitsed\u2019s tent.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Samuel Whitsed.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b1a494e7ef7563b32bfa131afa63923654ed65d571f8a14d66224625871d907f.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 bRhmzR\"\/>Samuel Whitsed.WA Police<\/p>\n<p>The hut is 12 kilometres from the Brookton Campsite, located slightly off Brookton Highway in the Helena National Park.<\/p>\n<p>Whitsed is described as approximately 170-180cm tall, of slim-medium build, with short brown hair, a beard<br \/>and moustache. He was last seen wearing black trousers, a red t-shirt or light-coloured jumper, and<br \/>slides.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who sees him or has information relating to his whereabouts or recent movements<br \/>should contact police on 131 444.<\/p>\n<p>Save<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-d1b14060-4 JmUoF\">You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n<p>Remove items from your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watoday.com.au\/goodfood\/saved\" class=\"sc-3f16ee48-12 sc-d1b14060-2 jyLmZI iQLtAb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n<p>From our partners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":784711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-784710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116545790578905666","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784710","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=784710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}