{"id":220521,"date":"2025-10-17T15:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T15:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/220521\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T15:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T15:29:13","slug":"missing-man-troy-milne-found-alive-in-bushland-more-than-two-hours-from-campsite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/220521\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing man Troy Milne found alive in bushland more than two hours from campsite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">A man who went missing for more than a week in Victorian bushland has been found by police, more than two hours away from his campsite.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">61-year-old Troy Milne, from Cockatoo, was camping with his wife at Woodside Beach in the state&#8217;s south-east <a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-10-12\/vic-missing-camper-troy-milne-sale\/105882390\" data-component=\"Link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">when he went missing <\/a>while picking up supplies on October 7.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He was found around 5pm on Thursday evening in Buchan in East Gippsland after an extensive nine-day search operation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police had concerns for Mr Milne&#8217;s health, as he is an insulin-dependent diabetic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He was discovered near his Jeep Wrangler close to the Kirby Cross Track after Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic) responded to reports of a fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Man wearing black t-shirt with tattoos on his arms.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760714952_195_8e37d1bde387e9943005191ddafc8772\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Troy Milne went missing on Tuesday October 7 after he left his campsite to get supplies. (Supplied: Victoria Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Wellington Police Service Area Inspector Wayne Rothwell said he was found dehydrated, but was OK.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;His medical condition caused him to become confused,&#8221; Inspector Rothwell said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;He visited a number of towns asking for directions back to Sale, the last location was at Omeo then he headed down the Great Alpine Road and was sighted on CCTV at Swifts Creek.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Inspector Rothwell said it appeared the missing man had taken a track off the Great Alpine Road and moved through bush towards Buchan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He was found with his vehicle, which had bottomed out on a rut on the track.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;It appears Troy has lit a fire to bring attention to himself,&#8221; Inspector Rothwell said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A gravel track divides two stands of burnt bush. On the left is a logging coupe with dense regrowth among few trees standing\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/de7d478266a389b547a14c0abacd7ea9\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Troy Milne was found in bushland at Buchan, in Victoria&#8217;s Gippsland region.\u00a0 (ABC Gippsland: Peter Somerville)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Mr Milne has been taken to hospital for treatment and observation.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man who went missing for more than a week in Victorian bushland has been found by police,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[41599,57480,43,16872,44,1158,41,39,42,40,660],"class_list":["post-220521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-camping","tag-gippsland","tag-headlines","tag-missing-person","tag-news","tag-police","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-victoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}