Australia Australia - Pheobe Bishop, 17, failed to board a scheduled flight from a Queensland Airport. Last seen Airport Drive, Bundaberg, 15 May 2025

[essareem]

Thanks for sharing!

How would you describe the GNS area? Is it accessible by car?

I'd say the main roads are, although unsealed, in dry weather it'd be fine for a 2wd car. Some of the inner roads would require a 4wd though such as the access road to One Tree Hill lookout.

Found a map for you with road types if you're interested:

https://parks.desi.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/164305/good-night-scrub-np.pdf

 

[mishy66]

And I have a question for the locals too,
as I live on another continent.

About the name
"Good night Scrub"???

Like, you know,
Good cleaning before going to bed???

Sorry,
but it was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw this name!!!

Sooooo interesting!

Bear with my curiosity, please!

According to local folklore, the scrub was so thick that people could not walk or ride through it.
If cattle escaped into the scrub, you could “kiss your cattle goodnight”.

About | Good Night Scrub National Park

Features, conservation and tourism information for Good Night Scrub

parks.desi.qld.gov.au

 

[essareem]

And I have a question for the locals too,
as I live on another continent.

About the name
"Good night Scrub"???

Like, you know,
Good cleaning before going to bed???

Sorry,
but it was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw this name!!!

Sooooo interesting!

Bear with my curiosity, please!

The scrub (thick, low lying vegetation / bush) was so dense that neither people nor horses could navigate it. If cattle strayed into it, they were as good as gone, and locals used to say you could bid your cattle goodnight.

 

[Dotta]

Thank you both for answering!
Very interesting!
To kiss good night ...

 

[essareem]

Thank you both for answering!
Very interesting!
To kiss good night ...

To say goodbye to - your cows aren't coming back

 

[Marg944]

The Courier Mail and News.com.au have both put out articles showing CCTV footage of the vehicle, however the vehicle shown in the footage appears to be a Kia Carnival or similar, not the Hyundai mentioned before:

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https://www.couriermail.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-qld/the-new-location-police-are-now-searching-for-pheobe-bishop/news-story/29a573bc3f366c9b9a7993e39ede59f9

https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/news/footage-of-car-central-to-investigation-of-missing-gin-gin-teen-emerges/news-story/c127a53b3a6bdd2fae4060ba335ca163

From the Courier Mail:

"Vision of the vehicle at the centre of the police investigation into missing Gin Gin teenager Pheobe Bishop has emerged online.

In CCTV footage posted to Facebook, which has since been deleted, a vehicle which appears to be the grey Hyundai ix35 can be seen driving through a backstreet of Gin Gin.

I fully agree! Excellent spotting!!

TB’s car is a 2011 i35 Hatchback…..

Which looks more like this……

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1926465712794608031

 

[Marg944]

“The car is understood to be central to the investigation.”

Search resumes for missing teenager in Queensland bush

www.9news.com.au

 

[mishy66]

“The car is understood to be central to the investigation.”

Search resumes for missing teenager in Queensland bush

www.9news.com.au

Well they did have to get to wherever they are staying after the car was seized the same day as the property was....

 

[Dotta]

"The investigation,
led by Bundaberg’s child protection and crime teams,
now includes officers from the homicide unit.

Thompson noted that police have spoken to numerous individuals connected to the case
and are receiving a significant amount of information.

Bromley and Wood, who are believed to be in a relationship, have been cooperating with police."

Desperate search for missing teen Pheobe Bishop pushes into remote bushland

The investigation, led by Bundaberg’s child protection and crime teams, now includes officers from the homicide unit.

7news-com-au.cdn.ampproject.org

 

[SouthAussie]

“The car is understood to be central to the investigation.”

Search resumes for missing teenager in Queensland bush

www.9news.com.au

Whether or not Pheobe may have been harmed in the vehicle, it presumably was used to transport her to wherever she is now.

It could contain crucial evidence, both on the interior and the exterior.

imo

 

[BreakingNews]

It all depends if the phone call was alarming.
I understood she phoned just before the time of boarding.

But I'm not sure about the time of the journey to the airport.

The passengers should be there about 1 or 2 hrs before the flight
considering the queues and all security checks.

JMO

I doubt there'd be much of a queue at Bundaberg to fly to Brisbane. It's a small regional airport.

 

[ThePineapple]

I live between Gin Gin and Good Night Scrub. About half an hour ago, I saw two choppers head over my place in the direction of GNS. Yellow and blue choppers, like the rescue ones. I checked on FlightRadar, and could see one chopper only, it was slowing down over GNS, but not slow enough to land, it disappeared, I refreshed the page and it was gone.

Have had trouble with FlightRadar before though, it shows planes fine but the choppers pop in and out, so it really means nothing, just an observation.

i think it might have been this one, not sure if related to PB tho mundubbera ways Burnett river.

 

[Detechtive]

But you can guarantee that the police know exactly where they are (I hope).

I suspect the police have them under surveillance.

 

[Ellery84]

Could she be in foster care?

No, she’s not in foster care.

 

[Marg944]

More pics of the cadaver dog on the job at Good Night Scrub National Park:-

https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/news/footage-of-car-central-to-investigation-of-missing-gin-gin-teen-emerges/news-story/c127a53b3a6bdd2fae4060ba335ca163

 

[Dotta]

More pics of the cadaver dog on the job at Good Night Scrub National Park:-


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https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/news/footage-of-car-central-to-investigation-of-missing-gin-gin-teen-emerges/news-story/c127a53b3a6bdd2fae4060ba335ca163

Is this the dog "borrowed" by Victoria Police to search for Samantha M.?
I seem to remember this dog's name
But where from??

 

[Marg944]

Is this the dog "borrowed" by Victoria Police to search for Samantha M.?
I seem to remember this dog's name
But where from??

Wags is from NSW K9 Unit. Wags was used quite a bit in search for little William Tyrrell.

 

[Dotta]

Wags is from NSW K9 Unit. Wags was used quite a bit in search for little William Tyrrell.

Exactly!
NSW K9 were used in Victoria in search of Samantha!

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1926496534276743572

" 'Like any missing person
the significant percentage of success would be within the first 24 hours',
he said.

'The longer it goes on,
the more chance of success diminishes unfortunately
as the loss of possible evidence and clues increases'."