Her mother, Kylie Johnson, said her family was living in a “cyclone of uncertainty”, and her young son was asking why his sister wasn’t answering their calls.

Pheobe Bishop was last seen over a week ago near Bundaberg Airport. Source: Supplied / Queensland Police

“Your little man/brother asked yesterday, ‘Why won’t Phee take our calls? She always takes our calls!'” Johnson wrote on social media on Monday.

“Mate, I wish I knew, but we have to believe that the police and the lights that our amazing community are leaving on will … bring her home to us.”

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The search continued on Monday with police encouraging anyone with information to come forward.

‘This hell is heavy’

“The tears come, the anger and frustrations come and most of all our hearts are shattering more and more each Day.”