BREAKING NEWS Desperate search for missing camper at Jerrawangala continues as authorities race against the clock
A desperate search for a missing camper who disappeared in NSW bushland has entered its third day.
Christopher Moore, 38, failed to return home from a camping trip at Jerrawangala, about 32km south of Nowra, on Friday.
He had been dropped off on Wednesday and did not arrive at his pick-up spot two days later.
An urgent search was launched with authorities focusing their efforts around the Jerrawangala and Wandandian regions.
South Coast Police, Police Rescue, and members of the SES, Polair, and NSW Rural Fire Service have all joined in on the search.
Fears have been raised a low-pressure system could bring heavy rain and gale force winds and hamper the search on Tuesday.
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