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 the search.
Mr Moore was last seen in khaki and black pants and a khaki hooded jumper.
Police said he is about 180cm tall, of slim build, and has short brown hair, a beard and a moustache.
Fears have been raised a low-pressure system could bring heavy rain and gale force winds and hamper the search on Tuesday.
Christopher Moore, 38 (pictured), failed to return home from a camping trip at Jerrawangala, about 32km south of Nowra, on Friday
Police said that they and Moore’s family are concerned for his welfare.
Experts predicted gale-force winds could breach Australia’s east coast, particularly in the Illawarra.
The gales could be brought by a potential ‘bomb cyclone’, known for an explosive weather change in a short period of time.
The powerful low-pressure system is forecast to rapidly intensify off the coast of NSW on Monday.
Starting Tuesday, up to 200mm of rain is expected to lash areas between Newcastle, Sydney, and the Illawarra over 48 hours.
‘it’s a fairly notable outbreak of weather,’ Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Angus Hines told Daily Mail Australia, later labelling the event a ‘very nasty system’.
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