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Who the Hell is Hamish?

Introducing: The Lighthouse

Who the Hell is Hamish?

The Australian

News, True Crime

4.72.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2019

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Theo Hayez is missing in Byron Bay, a beautiful beachside town on Australia's most easterly mainland point, frequently in the spotlig...

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0:00.0

What could he possibly be doing there at that time or not?

0:03.6

No idea.

0:04.8

No idea.

0:06.0

And that's something we're still trying to...

0:09.3

trying to understand.

0:15.8

I'm in this small town, Byron Bay,

0:18.0

trying to find out what happened to a young backpacker called Theo Hayes.

0:22.0

In May 2019, Theo walked out of a bar in the main street of Byron and vanished.

0:27.2

I'm here because a couple of months later, his family,

0:30.0

and a group of Byron volunteers asked me to help them get answers.

0:34.1

Byron's got a big reputation.

0:36.0

Chris Hemsworth and his Spanish wife, Elsa Bataki, called this place home.

0:40.3

They brought family and friends like Matt Damon.

0:43.2

Because we're all friends.

0:44.2

I mean, you and Chris Hemsworth, people would freak out to see the two of you together, walking around.

0:49.6

Well, I mean, I kind of hide pretty well.

0:52.4

Like, he can't hide at all.

0:54.3

Surfers and hippies discovered Byron Bay decades ago.

0:58.3

Now people come from all over the world to Byron,

1:01.0

the most easily point on the Australian mainland.

1:04.6

Local or tourist, one of the places to go is the lighthouse.

1:09.2

Its powerful lights kept people safe for more than a hundred years.

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