The family of a teenage boy missing since Monday has pleaded for him to come home as emergency workers scour bushland near where he was last seen in Brisbane's northwest.
Eric, 16, was last seen on Monday afternoon in Highvale wearing a white T-shirt, khaki cargo pants and carrying a camouflage backpack.
"Contact us, please. Me, your mum, your baby brother and your baby sister we're missing you," his father, Darryl, said on Wednesday.
"We love you, Eric, and we just hope you come back safe."
Daryl said the family had lived in the area for four years and often went camping and bushwalking.
Eric is believed to have turned off his mobile phone on Monday afternoon.
He has not made contact with friends or family since he was last seen.
Police and SES volunteers are searching bushland in Highvale, Samford, Mount Glorious and Mount Nebo.
The teen's family says his disappearance is out of character.
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