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

[nhmemorymaker]

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

dbm just looked up--BHP, huge multinational.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

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

learned something new... opal mining.

 

[MollyHarps]

I hope she’s found soon - im just catching up on this thread and it seems LE were pretty slow to take this case seriously.

PS - Thank you to the Australian posters who clarified what thongs were.. over in the UK they are a type of pretty skimpy underwear!

 

[Old Soul]

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

Yes, apparently the passenger side seatbelt was clicked in.
I believe Trisha and her friend had travelled in the car together so presumably the passenger seat had been used recently.

Not sure if the alleged kangaroo damage to the front passenger side may have had any bearing on the usability of the front passenger seat or affected the seat belt alarm sensor in some way necessitating the reason for having the seatbelt clicked in?

Is it known where in the car and near the car the thongs were found? Driver side or passenger side?

 

[SouthAussie]

Yes, apparently the passenger side seatbelt was clicked in.
I believe Trisha and her friend had travelled in the car together so presumably the passenger seat had been used recently.

Not sure if the alleged kangaroo damage to the front passenger side may have had any bearing on the usability of the front passenger seat or affected the seat belt alarm sensor in some way necessitating the reason for having the seatbelt clicked in?

Is it known where in the car and near the car the thongs were found? Driver side or passenger side?

No, it doesn't say anything more about the position of the thongs.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

I hope she’s found soon - im just catching up on this thread and it seems LE were pretty slow to take this case seriously.

PS - Thank you to the Australian posters who clarified what thongs were.. over in the UK they are a type of pretty skimpy underwear!

I travelled in Greece with some Australians and some Brits long ago.... we all got our laughs over thongs.

 

[BreakingNews]

DBM

 

[BreakingNews]

Thongs are easily broken. A blow out is a common phrase for it. Especially if there was an altercation and she was being dragged out of the car. MOO.

 

[Kemug]

In NZ thongs are called jandals.

 

[Kittypoo]

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.

Yes I wondered the same if she was under the influence. Hitting a kangaroo after leaving a hotel late at night another stop off and her vehicle being found grounded would suggest otherwise. IMO

 

[TootsieFootsie]

What devastated mother fears may have happened to her missing daughter

Trisha Graf was last seen driving near a remote opal mining town on December 12.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Daily Mail

Devastated mother shares what she fears may have happened to her missing daughter, 41, who vanished without a trace near a remote opal mining town​

The devastated mother has made a desperate plea for information after her daughter went missing a month ago, as police continue to hunt for answers.

Trisha Graf, 41, was last seen driving near Andamooka, in South Australia's far north, on December 12.

SA Police, who declared the case a major crime on January 6 and are treating it as suspicious, combed the area on Tuesday.

But Ms Graf's mother, Anne, who lives 600km south of Andamooka in the Barossa Valley, doesn't believe Trisha would leave her children 'in a million years' and fears she has met with foul play.

'There's no way Trisha would have left them willingly, especially so close to Christmas and with Lily's 11th birthday coming up on the 19th,' she told The Advertiser on Tuesday.

'Trisha was a big girl. You'd have to have someone else involved.

'The bad thing is there's that many mines out there I don't know if police will be able to find her.

'They're going to have to be smart about it. I do think she's been left in one of those [old shafts].'

Trisha moved to Andamooka from Cadell last year with her partner and their two children, 10 and 12. She also has four adult children.

It is understood the two young children were at a friend's home on the night of their mother's disappearance.

Anne Graf has made an appeal for anyone with information to come forward.

'We need answers and her kids especially deserve to know why their mum isn't with them,' she added.

 

[Old Soul]

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Good video of the locations and terrain in Andamooka related to this case.

The earth where her car was located looks very soft and sandy so there would potentially have been prints and tyre tracks if the area was searched early on in Trisha’s disappearance.

From the Adelaide Adveriser.

 

[Lisbeth_S]

Yes I wondered the same if she was under the influence. Hitting a kangaroo after leaving a hotel late at night another stop off and her vehicle being found grounded would suggest otherwise. IMO

I would be surprised if she hadn't had anything to drink (or something else).

But you don't need to be drunk or high to be likely to hit a kangaroo.
I think every Aussie here would have done it at least once (or many times) without the influence of any substance
By show of hands

Last time it happened to me was on my way home from work, meh

 

[Kemug]

Do we know for sure that she hit a kangaroo, or maybe she was run off the road?

 

[Lisbeth_S]

Do we know for sure that she hit a kangaroo, or maybe she was run off the road?

Good point.
We only have the friends' word.

Maybe police found corroborating evidence on the front of the car, directly linking to skippy?

On a different note, why did she go to Blue dam in the first place? Isn't her place on the opposite side of town?

 

[Old Soul]

Good point.
We only have the friends' word.

Maybe police found corroborating evidence on the front of the car, directly linking to skippy?

On a different note, why did she go to Blue dam in the first place? Isn't her place on the opposite side of town?

Is it possible that Trisha wasn’t driving the car to Blue Dam, maybe someone was hoping to “disappear” the car into the dam but accidentally got it stuck on that ridge.

I wish we knew how the partner knew to look for the car at Blue Dam.

 

[Old Soul]

Good point.
We only have the friends' word.

Maybe police found corroborating evidence on the front of the car, directly linking to skippy?

On a different note, why did she go to Blue dam in the first place? Isn't her place on the opposite side of town?

22K views · 174 reactions | The heartbroken mother of missing woman Trisha Graf fears her daughter has met with foul play, saying she would “never in a million years” abandon her children. 📍Read more at @thetiser link in bio #andamooka #trishagraf

The heartbroken mother of missing woman Trisha Graf fears her daughter has met with foul play, saying she would “never in a million years” abandon her children. 📍Read more at @thetiser link in bio...

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There is some footage of the car at the start of this video.

Trisha’s mum makes some interesting comments.
I thought it was curious that she said, “the kids need their mother…..not their father, their mother”.
Maybe I am reading into things?

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Maybe Trisha's Mum said that the kids need their mother because they already have their father.
Their mother is the one missing.

 

[BreakingNews]

Is it possible that Trisha wasn’t driving the car to Blue Dam, maybe someone was hoping to “disappear” the car into the dam but accidentally got it stuck on that ridge.

I wish we knew how the partner knew to look for the car at Blue Dam.

And has the dam been checked by police divers?

 

[Old Soul]

And has the dam been checked by police divers?

Yes, the dam has been searched by dive teams. I’m not certain of the date.

https://www.police.sa.gov.au/sa-police-news-assets/missing-persons/missing-woman-trisha