Fears for missing Sydney teen who hasn’t been seen since leaving for hike on Wednesday

<p>Fresh search teams to scour Nattai national park for Lily Hooper, 18, who failed to return home from a bushwalk</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>The search for an 18-year-old bushwalker missing in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales since Wednesday is continuing, with fresh teams arriving at the Nattai national park on Saturday morning.</p><p>Lily Hooper left her home in Sydney’s south-west about 8am on 12 August, after telling family she was going for a hike in the national park, north-west of Mittagong.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/15/fears-for-missing-sydney-teen-who-hasnt-been-seen-since-leaving-for-hike-on-wednesday">Continue reading...</a>