Girl, 5, found safe in NSW

A young girl who was taken by a man from a Gold Coast daycare has been found safe and well on the central coast of NSW.

On Monday evening Queensland police issued an amber alert and said the five-year-old may be at "significant risk" after she was taken by a man known to her from the Carrara daycare centre at 4pm.

Early on Tuesday police said she had been found "safe and well with the man" near Kempsey.