Distraught wife pleads with Australia not to give up on finding her husband who mysteriously vanished at sea just months after their stunning wedding - as police call off their search
- Public urged to keep looking for missing fisherman as police call off search
- Husband and father missing since he went on an overnight fishing trip, May 25
- Distressed newly-wed wife will not give up quest to find her beloved husband
- Upturned boat found off Rooney's Point on the northern tip of Fraser Island
- Couple and their children had idyllic family life in Hervey Bay, Queensland
- Community rallies around with an outpouring of support on social media
The distraught newlywed wife of a missing fisherman has urged the public to help her find her husband after police called off the search.
Terri Brazier of Hervey Bay was too upset to talk on Wednesday evening, more than a week after the disappearance that has rocked the small Queensland community.
But she wants people to keep up the search until her beloved 37-year-old husband, Paul Brazier, is found.
Paul Brazier (left) together with new wife Terri (right) in the last picture of the two together before Paul went missing while fishing near Fraser Island on May 25
The couple married in August last year at a beautiful country wedding in the Lockyer Valley. Pictured: Paul Brazier (left) with new wife Terri (right)
Hundreds of family and friends have emerged to offer support on social media to Mrs Brazier (centre) after the disappearance of her new husband Paul (right)
Paul's boat was found upturned off the northern tip of Fraser Island on Thursday and was towed to Hervey Bay on Sunday
'Please Paulie we need you,' she wrote on Facebook.
'Love you forever and ever and ever.'
Mrs Brazier posted the last picture taken together with her husband, grinning in his sunglasses with his neat red beard, living the dream in the afternoon sun on his boat.
'Our last photo together. I would do anything to have you here with me now. Love you Paul Brazier forever,' she said.
Mr Brazier, of Hervey Bay, Queensland, set out alone on an overnight fishing trip on Monday, May 25.
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He left Urangan Boat Harbour in his white half-cabin powerboat, a 5.4m-long 2002 Yalta, at about 1.30pm, but never returned.
It was not unusual for him to go fishing alone in the area and he did not set off an emergency beacon.
His worried family called police when he didn't return, with officers and marine rescue volunteers searching for days by air, sea and land.
Last Thursday, searchers in a fixed wing aircraft spotted his boat floating upside down near Rooney's Point on the northern tip of the inside of Fraser Island.
It's a popular spot with Hervey Bay's recreational fishermen with abundant mackerel, marlin, tuna, coral trout, snapper, trevally and sharks in deep holes of up to 40m and reef gutters.
Paul Brazier at Branell Homestead where the couple held their country wedding in August
The newlywed couple had a happy family life and Mrs Brazier (right) has not given up hope of finding her husband Paul (left) - and has urged the public to help
But there was no sign of Paul.
His boat was towed back to Hervey Bay on Sunday and police called off the official search on the following day.
The couple married in a beautiful country wedding in August last year at Branell Homestead in the scenic Lockyer Valley, an hour from Brisbane.
Their family photos show a happy family, enjoying life with their children, having barbecues in the backyard, cooking up fresh mudcrabs, toasting marshmallows, walking the dog.
In November the couple took a trip to Brisbane for Paul's 37th birthday, living it up with a bottle of Moet in a Meriton suite.
The shock disappearance of the happy, loved family man has moved the community to rally around Mrs Brazier, with hundreds of messages of support flowing on social media.
'My heart breaks for your gorgeous little family. Sending love and strength to you all,' wrote Ali Kidd.
Paul's boat was a white half-cabin powerboat, a 5.4m long 2002 Yalta
Paul and Terri Brazier. The whole community has been in shock at the disappearance of one of its best loved fishermen
'Please know we are still just around the corner if you need anything at all Terri. Our thoughts and love are with you and your beautiful kids,' wrote Nadine Cullen.
Others spoke of how welcoming and friendly the couple are, and how they helped them settle in to the community.
'You guys were some of the first people I met in Hervey bay, the nights at the pub after netball games were so fun and meant so much to me especially when I had a hard time making friends,' wrote Sara Elizabeth.
'My heart is breaking for you and the kids and all your friends. If you need anything please reach out.'
Police have urged anybody who has any information that might help them find Paul Brazier (pictured) to call them on 131 444
While the official search has been called off, many still hold out hope that he will be found alive.
Police have urged anyone who may have seen either Mr Brazier or his boat to contact them.
'If there's any members of the public that were out there fishing between Monday 25 May and Thursday 28 May - if they saw or heard anything up around Rooney’s Point, through Platypus Bay there, please call Policelink,' said Sergeant Paul Bacon on Monday.
Paul Brazier is caucasian, red-haired with a crew cut, a neat beard and moustache, about 177 centimetres tall and has freckles.
If you have any information please call Policelink on 131 444.
