Found Deceased Esther Wallace, 47, Missing, near Orange, NSW, 30th November 2022

[TootsieFootsie]

I didn't like when they made this suggestion in Tea's case, and I dislike it just as much here.

They have been hinting for awhile now that she " may have found her own way off the mountain"

 

[Flippitypip]

I didn't like when they made this suggestion in Tea's case, and I dislike it just as much here.

Pardon my ignorance, which case are you referring to please?

 

[iamshadow21]

Pardon my ignorance, which case are you referring to please?

Found Deceased - Tea Wright-Finger, 19, Richmond (NW Queensland), 16 Oct 2022

 

[Flippitypip]

Found Deceased - Tea Wright-Finger, 19, Richmond (NW Queensland), 16 Oct 2022

Thank you

 

[Kemug]

Having been at a club, I should think her sandals would have been of the high-heeled variety. Even more inappropriate for walking through the bush.

 

[Kemug]

Are there any old mine shafts out there?

 

[iamshadow21]

Are there any old mine shafts out there?

I don't know if there are any at Canobolas itself, but the whole Central West is mining country. A lot of the gold rush of the late 1800s was out there. Hill End, Tambaroora, Sofala. Lucknow is the closest (to Orange) former gold town I know about. It's pretty close.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Lachlan Basin Falls (Central South-West Slopes)

www.silenttheory.net

Federal Falls​

There are a number of plunge falls on the western slopes of the old volcano Canobolas. While some distance inland, Mount Canobolas is high. It keeps visitors guessing. It can be summer down on the plains below but blowing a blizzard up top. Or it may be hot as Hades. Be prepared.

The largest fall on Boree Creek is Federal Fall. The main plunge is the first in a series of drops, with a cave behind the base of the falls. Both base and top of falls is accessible. The falls are a fairly long walk from the car park near the summit of Mount Canobolas.

Federal Falls, Boree Creek, Mount Canobolas

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Federal Falls Circuit Walk

Starting from Federal Falls Campground and parking area, this circuit walk will lead you to scenic Federal Falls through a snow gum forest. Let us begin by acknowledging the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we travel today, and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

www.bushwalk.com

Federal Falls Circuit Walk

 

[iamshadow21]

Having been at a club, I should think her sandals would have been of the high-heeled variety. Even more inappropriate for walking through the bush.

I think you have a more highbrow idea of what an ex-services club requires in the way of dress code than the reality.

If it's anything like the ones I've seen, I think it tends more to t-shirts and jeans than smart casual or formal.

But yes, completely inappropriate for bushwalking, even on a smooth path with an easy grade. Even the smoothest of paths have rocks, bull ants, and potentially snakes to contend with.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Hopes of finding NSW woman alive diminishing after she disappeared on night-time bushwalk

Police say they’re not treating the disappearance of Esther Wallace as a homicide

www.theguardian.com

 

[iamshadow21]

I think what bothers me most about this is that it reminds me of a case Ann Rule wrote about. I can't link to a book, but I can link to an article about the case/s. The one I'm thinking of is Janis, the woman who died at Beacon Rock (he probably killed more than once).

Washington charmer takes wife out to nature to murder her for insurance money in 1991

Janis was petrified of heights. Yet the creep she was married to convinced her to climb the rock with him. He killed her (allegedly, he wasn't ever tried for her death), then a day later made a claim from the insurance company for the policy he'd taken out on her. They'd only been married eight months.

 

[dms]

I think you have a more highbrow idea of what an ex-services club requires in the way of dress code than the reality.

If it's anything like the ones I've seen, I think it tends more to t-shirts and jeans than smart casual or formal.

But yes, completely inappropriate for bushwalking, even on a smooth path with an easy grade. Even the smoothest of paths have rocks, bull ants, and potentially snakes to contend with.

I just googled "bull ant"

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I just googled "bull ant"

Once bitten, always remembered

Not one of our deadly ones.

We had a nest of them out the front of our house when I was a child. They were pretty fast if you stood on the nest.
We used to see if we could outrun them, after stomping on their nest

After that it was a yell to Mum who came with her remedy which was Reckitts Blue Bag which eased the pain instantly.

Yes I once was an ant tormenter

 

[TootsieFootsie]

MSN

The family of a mother-of-five who mysteriously vanished during a late-night bushwalk with her on-off boyfriend believe she is dead - as her turbulent life marred by restraining orders and domestic violence comes to light.

On Friday, her mother Lyn Wallace told Daily Mail Australia her daughter had been in a relationship with a man from Orange for three years.

Ms Wallace lived with her mother in Tottenham, about three hours' drive away.

The boyfriend would visit on Fridays, before heading home on Sundays. On the last weekend in November, he stayed in town before they went to Mount Canobolas together.

Mrs Wallace said her daughter's boyfriend was a regular visitor at the house she shared with her daughter.

'Had he gone home, I feel she would still be alive,' Mrs Wallace said.

Daily Mail Australia does not suggest Ms Wallace's partner had anything to do with her disappearance.

Detectives stressed Ms Wallace's partner is not a suspect - and said he has been cooperating with investigators.

Mrs Wallace said the situation 'doesn't make sense', and can't understand why the couple decided to walk in the bush, in the dark, at 1.30am.

'Esther loved camping, but she wasn't a walker,' she said.

'I fear the worst - something went terribly wrong.'

She said her hopes that police will find her daughter alive are 'dwindling' - and described the situation as being like a 'bad dream we haven't woken up from yet'.

'I hope they find her, one way or another,' she said.

 

[Kemug]

Just how big is this search area, does anyone know? It really is starting to look like she may not be there.

 

[c4rtm4n]

Missing woman Esther Wallace's body found in bushland near Orange

Esther Wallace, 47, was reported missing after becoming separated from a companion while walking at the Mount Canobolas State Recreation Area.

www.abc.net.au

The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be prepared for the coroner.

 

[Melt71]

Body was found 4pm Sunday and by 7:30pm they announced her death was not suspicious. At a guess, possibly a fall from heights or some other misadventure. RIP Esther. What a horrid Xmas for her mother and other loved ones.

 

[iamshadow21]

Sleep well, Esther.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Rest in Peace, Esther.

Condolences to her family.