Police join search for Belgian tourist after phone found in Tasmanian wilderness two years since she went missing

<p>Device belonging to missing hiker Celine Cremer found in an area that had ‘been extensively searched previously’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/dec/14/australia-news-live-michelle-rowland-family-travel-entitlements-labor-liberal-coles-woolworths-price-gouging-nsw-vic-wa-fire-weather-heatwave-warnings-albanese-sussan-ley-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><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>Police will officially join private investigators and local volunteers in scouring the Tasmanian wilderness for a Belgian tourist, two-and-a-half years after she went missing and a day after her mobile phone was found.</p><p>Celine Cremer’s Samsung phone was found by SES search and rescue volunteer Tony Hage on Saturday in the area around Philosopher Falls near Cradle Mountain in Tasmania’s north-west where <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/29/missing-belgian-tourist-celine-cremer-tasmania-australia">the 31-year-old was last seen on 17 June 2023</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/14/police-join-search-for-belgian-tourist-after-phone-found-in-tasmanian-wilderness-two-years-since-she-went-missing">Continue reading...</a>

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