Police have confirmed that the missing Irish hiker Colin Murdoch was found safe and well in Woods Point on Wedneday 5 April.
According to messages exchanged with a friend, the 34-year-old was due to begin hiking on the McMillan Walking Track in Cobungra on 19 March and Colin had planned to finish his hike in Woods Point and return to Omeo on 31 March. When he hadn’t been heard from and his vehicle was located at the East Gippsland Shire car park on Tongio Road, Omeo about 10am on 3 April, the search began.
Local police units searched the area with assistance from the police Air Wing, Search and Rescue Squad and Parks Victoria.
