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Member for Gympie Tony Perrett finds missing man Robert Weber on his property by the side of a dam SunSunday 24 updated SunSunday 24 Member for Gympie Tony Perrett (left) found Robert Weber by the side of a dam. ( Print text only Cancel After days of searching their southern Queensland cattle property for missing man Robert Weber, local MP Tony Perrett and his wife Michelle found the 58-year-old sitting under a tree. Key points: Mr Weber was last seen on January 6, the day his car got bogged Gympie MP Tony Perrett and his wife Michelle found him by the side of a dam

BRISBANE, Jan 24 — A man who went missing more than two weeks ago in Australian bushland has been found alive, apparently surviving his ordeal by “drinking dam water and eating mushrooms”, authorities said today. Robert Weber, 58, was discovered near a dam by a local property owner on Sunday...

A man has been located more than two weeks after going missing. He survived by sleeping on the ground, drinking dam water and eating mushrooms.

Share 'Just this morning it was good fortune that he was there and we were able to locate him.' Mr Perrett had decided to keep searching for the local man, despite police calling off the search. They found him around two miles from where workmen discovered his car last week on January 17. 'He said he was trying to get to Caboolture and he got disorientated … he became lost and didn't know where he was,' the MP explained. Mr Weber revealed that he survived off wild mushrooms and water from the dam after running out of his own supplies.  

Gympie MP Tony Perrett and his wife crested a hill to see the 58-year-old waving at them frantically