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Search for missing hiker to enter second week as ADF called in

Search crews including members of the Australian Defence Force gathered at a staging area of the Nattai National Park.  (Supplied: SES Wollondilly )

The Australian Defence Force has joined the search for missing hiker Lily Hooper.

Almost 100 ADF personnel from Holsworthy Barracks have been searching in Nattai National Park today.

Survival expert Gordon Dedman is hopeful Ms Hooper will be found alive.

Almost 100 members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) are helping to search for a bushwalker who has been missing for a week in a national park south-west of Sydney.

The multi-agency search effort for Lily Hooper, 18, started in Nattai National Park on August 12.

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‘Devastated’ family of missing teen Lily Hooper break silence as search continues

The family of missing 18-year-old Lily Hooper say they are “devastated” as the search for their beloved daughter continues in the NSW Southern Highlands.

Lily vanished last Wednesday after leaving her Oakdale home to go hiking in Nattai National Park.

Lily Hooper, 18, was last seen leaving a home on Burragorang Road at Oakdale in Sydney’s south-west. NSW Police

“Our family is absolutely devastated that our beloved daughter Lily is missing,” they said.

“We would like to thank all the emergency services and volunteers for their support and continued commitment to the search, not only during the day but throughout the night.

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