Missing man found in critical condition in Queensland national park

A 26-year-old man from Brisbane has been found in a critical condition after becoming lost in a national park in Queensland's south-east on Saturday.

A huge search and rescue mission was started on Saturday night after the man became separated from a friend he was walking with along the West Canungra Creek Circuit in Lamington National Park.

The search continued yesterday, involving about 60 people and several helicopters.

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Police today said he had been found by a member of the public and was in a critical condition.

Senior Sergeant Mitchell Gray said it was not uncommon for people to become lost and disorientated, walking in even a small radius from where they first went off track.

"You can walk 20 metres off a track and try to self-recover and just become further off track," he said.

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