A search is currently underway for a missing walker in South West Tasmania.  

Search and Rescue members on the ground and in the Westpac Rescue Helicopter are searching the South Coast Track for a woman in her 20s who became separated from a walking companion around 6pm last night.  

Around 9.15pm emergency services responded to a Personal Locator Beacon activation in the area of Dead Mans Bay.  

Search members located the woman’s walking companion in the area and a search is ongoing to locate the missing woman.