13-year-old Logan Good who went missing in national park found after day and a half

The boy missing in Mount Remarkable National Park since Wednesday evening has been found – and is back with mum.

A boy missing in the Mount Remarkable National Park near Wilmington in the state’s Mid North, about 230km north of Adelaide has been found.

The alarm was raised about 6.30pm on Wednesday night after Logan Good, a 13-year-old who lives with ADHD, wandered off from a group of seven at the Alligator Gorge carpark and did not return.

The group – two adults and five children – were on holiday from NSW and had gone for a hike when Logan got separated.

Logan walked about 2.5kms and used a map to find Alligator Lodge, where he was discovered and reunited with his family.

Logan Good with his mother Hayley, reunited after going missing in Mt Remarkable National Park overnight and much of Thursday. Picture: Dean Martin

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“Logan was walking ahead of us when we lost sight of him during a hike yesterday afternoon. We called for help after he lost contact with us,” said his mother, Hayley Good.

Before he was found, she said it had been a “ very long and difficult night for the whole family”, but they had faith the police and emergency services would find him safe.

Hayley Good, the mother of Logan Good, says her son walked ahead of them during a hike at Mt Remarkable National Park and got lost. Picture: Harvey Biggs / 9 News

Logan Good, back safe after his overnight adventure. Picture: Dean Martin

Police, SES and the PolAir helicopter searched overnight, but could not find any sign of the teenager until about 1pm on Friday.

Craig Nixon from the National Parks and Wildlife Service said it was a “rough and rugged” area and there were lots of side tracks.

The search resumed this morning, with about 40 SES volunteers, police officers, the Department of Environment, National Parks employees and local CFS brigades taking part.

Search dogs, helicopters and drones were used to help find Logan.

A map showing Mt Remarkable National Park, about 230km north of Adelaide. Picture: Google Maps

It comes just days after two international students were rescued by a Santos worker after getting their car bogged in the outback, about 800km north-east of Adelaide, and leaving desperate calls for help across the desert.

The hero field worker came across the students – one from France and the other from Hong Kong – at a satellite station near Innamincka after seeing their calls for help, which included handwritten notes dropped on the ground and “SOS” etched into the roadside.