'Come home please, I miss you': Son of missing hikers speaks out as missing couple face their fourth night in the bush as temperatures plummet
- Relatives of two hikers missing have made an emotional plea for their return
- Trevor Salvado, 60, and Jacinda Bohan, 58, disappeared on Friday while hiking
- Friends and family are holding out hope the couple will be found soon
- Officers are treating the situation as a missing person case and searching terrain
Relatives of two missing hikers have made an emotional plea for their return as rescue efforts ramp up before temperatures drop.
Experienced hikers Trevor Salvado, 60, and Jacinda Bohan, 58, disappeared from Mount Buffalo, in Victoria's alpine region on Friday.
The couple have spent three nights in frosty conditions, with the temperature dropping to five degrees on Monday morning.
Experienced hikers Trevor Salvado, 60, and Jacinda Bohan, 58, disappeared from Mount Buffalo, in Victoria's alpine region on Friday
Friends and family are holding out hope the couple will be found soon.
Ms Bohan's sister Maria Bohan said the pair's large extended family are supporting one another during a difficult time.
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'We've been getting loads of messages and good old-fashioned prayers,' Ms Bohan said.
'We've got a big team behind us, and we can't speak more highly of the police.'
The couple's son Nathan said he last spoke to his parents on Wednesday or Thursday and they told him they'd be gone for a few days.
The couple have spent three nights in frosty conditions, with the temperature dropping to five degrees on Monday morning
The couple's son Nathan (pictured) said he last spoke to his parents on Wednesday or Thursday and they told him they'd be gone for a few days
'Come home please. I miss you,' he told reporters on the sidelines of the search on Monday.
'We're looking for you. We're trying the best we can.'
Officers on horseback and foot as well as a police helicopter have been looking for them, and the search effort was doubled in size on Monday, with more than 100 search and rescue personnel working their way through the rugged terrain.
Inspector Joy Arbuthnot said the Essendon couple were due to meet friends for an annual long weekend getaway and were last seen at a caravan park in Bright in their Skoda car on Friday.
They were due back from a bushwalk at Reservoir Track, on Mount Buffalo, around midday but did not return. Their car has since been found abandoned.
Ms Bohan's sister Maria Bohan (pictured) said the pair's large extended family are supporting one another during a difficult time
Difficult terrain was making it hard for crews to make their way through the search area and air crews were searching day and night, Insp Arbuthnot said.
'(The couple have) been coming to this area for a long time, they are familiar with the conditions here and know the area quite well,' she said.
'We are still treating it as a missing person case.'
Mr Salvado has short grey hair, blue eyes, a grey moustache, a fair complexion, and is about 183cm tall with a medium build.
Ms Bohan is about 170 cm tall, thin, and has light brown/blonde short hair, blue eyes and a fair complexion.
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