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Frantic search for missing Brisbane couple who failed to board their flight home after holiday in Tasmania
A frantic search is underway for a young Brisbane couple after they failed to board their flight home following a holiday in Tasmania.
Leannedra Kang and her boyfriend Takahiro Toya, both 25, had been sightseeing in the St Helens and Scamander area on the northeast coast in a rental car.
But they did not board their flight back to Brisbane on June 4.
Toya and Kang were travelling in a white Toyota Corolla with the registration L67GW, with an image of the car released by Tasmania Police on Friday.
Kang's sister, Alexandra, took to Facebook after discovering her phone's last known location was in Goshen, a remote area in northeast Tasmania.
She said that location was 'out of the way for her itinerary'.
'Please let me know if anyone has been in contact with her or seen her,' she wrote.
'My family is beyond worried.'
Police also shared a message with the missing couple.
'Leannedra and Takahiro if you see this, you're not in any trouble, please phone police or family to let them know you're ok,' it said.
Anyone has seen the pair or the vehicle has been urged to contact police.
It comes as the search continues for a 23-year-old man who was last seen 10 days ago in Sunbury, in Melbourne's northwest.
Joshua Bishop was last seen by his housemate on Lalor Crescent on May 27.
Detectives were able to track his phone to a park in Broadmeadows on the same day but despite an extensive police search Mr Bishop has not been found.
Mr Bishop's phone and bank accounts have been inactive since his disappearance.
His abandoned car, a white Toyota Corolla, was discovered by investigators on Ridley Street, in Albion, on Wednesday.
Friends believe the car was stolen but no formal theft report has been filed.
Acting Detective Sergeant Matthew Wilson-Hawe said police have yet to rule out any suspicious circumstances relating to the disappearance.
