Gary Tweddle's family and friends can finally bid him goodbye, with his body formally identified, police say.
The 23-year-old went missing from a work conference at the Fairmont Resort at Leura, west of Sydney, in the early hours of July 16. He was never seen again.
After a long and highly publicised search operation, his body was recovered from a cliff face in the Blue Mountains this week.
Police abseiled down Sublime Point at Leura to retrieve him after he was spotted on Monday afternoon by an ambulance rescue helicopter involved in a training exercise.
The recovery site was about 2km from where the British-born computer salesman was last seen.
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The body was taken to Glebe morgue where it went through a formal identification process, thought to have included a dental examination and DNA testing.
And on Wednesday night, police confirmed that it had been formally identified as Mr Tweddle's.
His friends and family are yet to comment on the news.
But since the discovery of his body they have taken to his Facebook tribute page `Have you seen Gary Tweddle' to remember the young man.
His mother Carol Streatfield's post recalled the day her son was born, a "perfect looking baby" with black hair and dark skin.
"I was so proud of you," she wrote.
"Gazy u never had bad school report. perfect child through all your years I never met one person who could fault you.
"Such a beautiful soul. Love you with every breath I take."
His partner Anika Haigh, who has been heavily involved in the search, wrote on her Facebook profile on Tuesday:
"No day is the same without you, there is a hole where you used to be but please know my heart is full of amazing memories of you.
"Your time of hide & seek needs to end now though please. Time to come home where you belong. I love you."
The search included officers door-knocking every house within a 1400 square kilometre area around Leura, where he was last seen.
Pictures of him were plastered all around the area.
Mr Tweddle had called colleagues about midnight on the day he went missing to tell them he was lost in bushland but could see a light up a hill.
In late June, efforts to find him moved from a search and rescue to a recovery operation.
