{"id":305920,"date":"2025-11-24T16:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T16:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/305920\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T16:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T16:45:10","slug":"nsw-bushwalkers-body-recovered-at-federation-peak-tasmania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/305920\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW bushwalker&#8217;s body recovered at Federation Peak, Tasmania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The body of a bushwalker has been recovered in south-west Tasmania after being discovered by another bushwalker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Authorities were notified this morning after the man&#8217;s body was found near Federation Peak shortly before 10am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was sent to the scene and the body of the deceased man \u2014 since identified as a 39-year-old from New South Wales \u2014 was retrieved from the area early this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">His name has not been released.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A hiker stands atop a mountain ridge and looks over at other peaks.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/e14b3cce4ceb40771a45e63323a2f5c8\" 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\">The Eastern Arthurs Traverse is a grade five walk, meaning tracks are likely to be rough and steep. (Supplied: Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police said the man had been due to return from Federation Peak yesterday and that friends contacted them today after he failed to return as planned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police said the death was not being treated as suspicious and a report would be prepared for the coroner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Federation Peak has a height of 1,225 metres and is described as a &#8220;mecca for walkers and climbers everywhere&#8221; and is part of the Eastern Arthur Range Traverse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Federation Peak is an imposing quartzite mountain with\u00a0sheer faces and formidable jagged edges,&#8221; Tasmania&#8217;s Parks and Wildlife Service states on its website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The body of a bushwalker has been recovered in south-west Tasmania after being discovered by another bushwalker. Authorities&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[174365,174366,43,174368,44,174367,174369,48214,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-305920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-federation-peak","tag-federation-peak-body-found","tag-headlines","tag-is-federation-peak-dangerous","tag-news","tag-nsw-man-found-dead-tasmania","tag-tasmania-bushwalker-death","tag-tasmania-police","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305920","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=305920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}