Three-year-old boy Axle is a "tough little bugger," Tolaga Bay police constable Richard Reeves says, after the toddler was found alive and well about 3.5km from home, nearly 22 hours after he went missing.
The toddler wandered off from his Mangatuna home near Tolaga bay at about 1pm on Tuesday, wearing his shark gumboots, a nappy and a t-shirt.
Overnight temperatures in the area were around 7C. Nobody knows Axle's exact route, but he had gone several kilometres over rugged terrain.
"It was unreal. I expected him to be dead," his father Glenn told Checkpoint.
Axle was reunited with his family yesterday.
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The toddler wandered off from his Mangatuna home near Tolaga Bay at about 1pm on Tuesday, dressed in only a t-shirt, nappy and gumboots. Overnight temperatures in the area dropped to around 7C.
He was taken to hospital for observation, police said, and stayed overnight.
Peter Hughes, one of about 150 volunteer searchers, had combed the river and obvious spots near the house, but he found the boy kilometres up a track into a forestry area. He s done very well - in the bush all night . he was sitting in the gully when I was calling out, and I could hear a kid calling out from way over the other side, Hughes told Checkpoint. Hughes said Axle was wet and very hungry. All he wanted to do was get to his mum.
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