Australia Australia (SA) Trisha Graf, 41, Missing from Andamooka since 12 Dec 2025

[TootsieFootsie]

For the paying for the beer part, maybe she had some money but not enough.

Perhaps she didn't realise how much some products keep going up and often it's a price rise overnight.

 

[SouthAussie]

And maybe her partner fell asleep. Trisha and her friend didn't leave the Roxby Downs Hotel until 12:19am.
I wonder what time she arrived at Roxby Downs Hotel.

 

[MIG214222]

1. For the paying for the beer part, maybe she had some money but not enough.
2. Perhaps she didn't realise how much some products keep going up and often it's a price rise overnight.

1. ATMS: Roxby Tavern & BP Service Station | Cash out also available at Woolworths
2. Honey, u know that beer u want so bad, get in yer rig & come get it, I'm skint, seeyah-big-fella-loveyah-byee

Hope the coppers crack-on & I hope they find her!

Ms

 

[buyerninety]

"Ms Conniff learned that Trisha hadn't made it home."
So where was home, Opal Creek?

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Maybe she didn't have enough money to pay for the beer on her card.
Perhaps all the money she had was in cash and there was none left on the card.

And maybe her partner gave her the money for the beer, and she either didn't want to or couldn't pay the extra herself.

 

[SouthAussie]

"Ms Conniff learned that Trisha hadn't made it home."
So where was home, Opal Creek?

Apparently home is near the entry point of Andamooka (as described by The Advertiser). So that would be on the Roxby Downs side of Andamooka.

As it sounds as if she went (after the Roxby hotel) to Dunstan Avenue in Andamooka ... it should have taken her about 3 minutes to drive home from there, according to Google Maps.

imo

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-sa/andamooka-woman-trisha-grafs-disappearance-in-remote-sa/news-story/d18f4f334b96e8f141009becfcf1d8c8?amp

 

[skepticsouth]

Maybe she didn't have enough money to pay for the beer on her card.
Perhaps all the money she had was in cash and there was none left on the card.

And maybe her partner gave her the money for the beer, and she either didn't want to or couldn't pay the extra herself.

Or maybe the whole scenario is a fabrication created by Kymmy. (The friend) how long were they at the hotel to pick up the takeaway beer?

Does the 'unnamed man' actually exist? Surely you would check the funds of your account/purse before making a journey through the desert at night to another town.

Why didn't her husband (Tony) go with her to collect the beer?
Finally, was it declared that she actually left her friends at all?

 

[SouthAussie]

There are two school age children at home. I think an adult would have had to stay with them.

I wonder about these people .... “We know there were people who were with Trisha at both the Roxby Downs Hotel and who saw her after she returned to Andamooka and we need to speak with them.’’

https://www.police.sa.gov.au/sa-police-news-assets/front-page-news/search-to-resume-for-missing-woman-trisha-graf

Are these people not in Roxby or Andamooka any more?
Where did they go?
Or have those people chosen not to speak with the detectives?

 

[Old Soul]

The Advertiser has more details about Trisha ... (paraphrased)


Trisha and her partner Tony moved to Andamooka 8 months ago - with 2 school age children. Trisha has 6 children.

Trisha and her friend, Ms Conniff, had gone to Roxby Downs hotel that night to pick up takeaway beer for Trisha's partner.
When they got to the pub, Trisha didn't have money for the beer - so an unnamed man paid for the beer.

When Trisha left Ms Conniff's family friend's place in Andamooka at about 2am, Ms Conniff says Trisha was clear headed and had very little alcohol in her system.

Tony went to Ms Conniff's place in the morning and said to her stepfather that Trisha and Ms Conniff hadn't come back. That was when Ms Conniff learned that Trisha hadn't made it home.

Trisha's car was apparently found with the passenger seatbelt clicked in, the headlights were on, the windows were down, the car was locked, no keys.

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-sa/andamooka-woman-trisha-grafs-disappearance-in-remote-sa/news-story/d18f4f334b96e8f141009becfcf1d8c8?amp

BBM: Her car was “found with the passenger seatbelt clicked in,”

I am really curious about this detail.
The only reason I know of to do this is when something heavy is in the seat and triggering the seatbelt alarm.

Anyone have any other ideas or explanations?

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I've never known anyone to click the seatbelt in when no one is sitting there.
Maybe a neat freak.

Oh from googling I see that some people do keep their seatbelts clicked in to avoid seatbelt warnings.

Oh wait I do remember now that quite a few people I do know do keep the seatbelt clicked in and I didn't get until now why they would have done that.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

No one has been named as a person of interest as far as I know.

 

[DropBear]

There was an article on the South Australian police news facebook this morning, saying there is going to be a search/door knock at Andamooka in the next few days. Then on the CFS (Country Fire Service) incidents website this morning there was a search noted in Andamooka with 2 appliances attending, but it has in the last few minutes been marked as "complete". I don't know if anything was found, maybe just required for specific type of search? Anyway, cross fingers the search will help find out what's happened.

 

[SouthAussie]

From these photos, they seem to be searching along a creek bed today. As creek beds usually appear as a line of greenery in the outback scenery.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2010873836854714465

For those who can't see 7News Adelaide on X:
HAPPENING NOW: Major Crime detectives have hit the ground running in Andamooka as the search into the suspicious disappearance of mother-of-six Trisha Graf resumes. Police say several locations of interest have been identified during recent investigations into the 41-year-old woman’s disappearance.

 

[SouthAussie]

Update on search for missing woman Trisha Graf 13 January​

A ground search by Major Crime Investigation Branch and the SES of a location near Andamooka today has failed to locate any evidence relating to the disappearance of missing woman Trisha Graf, 41.

Detectives will conduct further searches and a doorknock of parts of Andamooka on Wednesday 14 January 2026 as the investigation continues.

https://www.police.sa.gov.au/sa-police-news-assets/front-page-news/update-on-search-for-missing-woman-trisha-graf-13-january

 

[Kemug]

When I was last in that area, Roxby Downs was a very neat, respectable-looking town. Andamooka not. And I'm not sure we can take the friend's word for it that Trisha was not affected by alcohol. But whatever happened, it doesn't sound good.

 

[SouthAussie]

Roxby Downs is the FIFO (fly in, fly out) town for Olympic Dam mining workers. Some miners and their families also live there. BHP built the town. It was a planned town, and is well maintained for the mining workers.

Andamooka is a little outback opal mining town of a couple of hundred people that somehow survives.

imo

 

[Kemug]

I think my cousin who lives there drives a truck.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/south-australia/mother-fears-foul-play-in-disappearance-of-andamooka-woman-trisha-graf/news-story/19f4e9a6ace753d53241427fcaac3d6a?amp

Mother fears foul play in disappearance of Andamooka woman Trisha Graf​

May be behind a paywall. Posting it here for those who subscribe.

 

[SouthAussie]

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/south-australia/mother-fears-foul-play-in-disappearance-of-andamooka-woman-trisha-graf/news-story/19f4e9a6ace753d53241427fcaac3d6a?amp

Mother fears foul play in disappearance of Andamooka woman Trisha Graf​

May be behind a paywall. Posting it here for those who subscribe.

A pack of VB bottled beer on the back seat (doesn't say what size pack)
One thong in the vehicle, one thong outside the vehicle, one of the thongs was broken (doesn't say which one)
Children were staying at a friend's place that night
Children are 10 & 12 years old ... the 10 year-old will turn 11 next week
SES were searching a dry creek bed west of Blue Dam today, police were searching the surrounding bushland
They are also using metal detectors during the searches (maybe looking for Trisha's phone? car keys?)

(paraphrased from the DT article)

 

[nhmemorymaker]

I've never known anyone to click the seatbelt in when no one is sitting there.
Maybe a neat freak.

Oh from googling I see that some people do keep their seatbelts clicked in to avoid seatbelt warnings.

Oh wait I do remember now that quite a few people I do know do keep the seatbelt clicked in and I didn't get until now why they would have done that.

was it the passenger side that was clicked in? I always do that, so my dog does not continue to sound the alarm.