Overview

• Search operations resumed Tuesday morning with mounted teams, drones, the rescue helicopter, all-terrain vehicles, a wilderness paramedic and ground crews.
• Peter Willoughby, 76, became separated from his group on Sunday while trying to recover his bogged silver Subaru Outback and then walked into dense bushland.
• Teams are focusing on scrub near Excalibur Road and Goulds Road, progressing south toward Patersonia around the Hollybank forest reserve.
• Temperatures near Launceston dipped to about 7°C with wind chill, and Willoughby was last seen lightly dressed in a dark blue jumper, blue jeans and sneakers.
• Inspector Nick Clark says concern is rising as time passes, yet crews remain hopeful, and police urge anyone with sightings to call 131 444.