The 63-year-old was reported missing on April 29 after he didn’t return home from work.
CCTV footage confirmed he was last seen leaving his home on Pindimar Road, Pindimar around 7:30am.
He is believed to be driving a white coloured Holden combo van, with NSW registration UQG-146, which has ‘catering’ written on the side.
He may also have power tools and firewood on board his vehicle.
Police have conducted land and air searches but have not located Mr Bentley or his vehicle.
He is described as being of Caucasian appearance, about 179cm tall, of medium build with short brown and grey hair and a beard.
Police and the SES have launched a large-scale search for missing Port Stephens man Allan Bentley this morning.
They’ve set up a command post and are scouring bushland near Pindimar, after the 63-year-old disappeared last Monday in the Tea Gardens area.
The alert was raised when Mr Bentley didn’t show up for appointments or his regular lawn bowls game at Hexham that day.
Police are also looking for his white combo van, with registration UQG 146.
We’ll have more in NBN News tonight at six.
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Police appeal to locate man missing from Hunter region 2 May
Police are appealing for assistance to locate a man missing in the state’s Hunter region.
Allan Bentley, aged 63, was last seen about 12pm on Monday 26 April 2021 in the Tea Gardens area.
He was reported missing to officers from Port Stephens Hunter Police District, who commenced an investigation into his whereabouts.
Police are concerned for his welfare after he failed to attend pre-arranged appointments and his regular game of lawn bowls yesterday (Saturday 1 May 2021), at a bowling club on Old Maitland Road at Hexham, which is out of character.
Small warm ponds: Ideal incubators for first life?
by Mary Caperton Morton Tuesday, January 9, 2018
If a meteorite bearing nucleotides happened to splash down into a small, warm pond early in Earth s history, the nucleotides could have been in an ideal environment in which to link together into RNA. Credit: Callan Bentley, 2017.
The first embers of life are thought to have emerged on Earth between 4.5 billion and 3.7 billion years ago, but how and where the initial sparks arose remains a mystery. Two leading theories suggest that the first self-replicating molecules a necessity for life may have gotten a start either in deep-ocean hydrothermal vents or in small warm ponds on land. In a new study, researchers suggest that the wet-dry cycles occurring in small, seasonal ponds would have made a better natural incubator.