Police searching for schoolchildren, infant missing from Queensland's Gold Coast
Police called on the public on Saturday to help find the 10-year-old girl and six-year-old boy last seen near Mirambeena Dr in Pimpama shortly before 9am.
Officers believe the pair were with a woman and a baby known to them, and were travelling in a white Nissan X-Trail.
The vehicle bears the Queensland registration 992XPS and is believed to possibly be in the Tenterfield area in NSW's Northern Tablelands.
Police and the children's family are concerned about the welfare of the children due to their age.
The girl is described as caucasian with short brown hair and brown eyes.
The boy is described as caucasian, with brown hair and brown eyes.
The baby is described as caucasian, and the woman is described as caucasian, with dark brown hair and eyes.
Anyone who may have seen the Nissan is urged to contact police.
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