A frantic search is underway for a hiker missing on Queensland’s highest mountain.
The man, aged in his 20s, is understood to have been hiking in dense bushland near Josephine Falls Road on Bartle Frere, a mountain 70km south of Cairns, on Tuesday.
He was last heard from at 6.30pm, prompting emergency services to launch a search on the 1,622m high mountain until late on Tuesday night.
The search resumed at 6am on Wednesday.
The man, aged in his 20s, was last heard from at 6.30pm on Tuesday. It’s understood he was hiking on Bartle Frere, Queensland’s highest mountain at 1,622m (pictured)
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Queensland Police for comment.
More to come.
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