The rescue of Anthony 'AJ' Elfalak in the Upper Hunter reminds us of the unforgiving, dense nature of the Australian bush.
It also reminded people of a similar case of a boy going missing in February 1960.
Charlestown's Laurie Bowman recalled that a song called "Little Boy Lost" was released by Johnny Ashcroft that year, telling the story of Steven Walls.
Steven was four when he went missing from a farm in the New England Range. He was found four days later.
Laurie played the song on YouTube to remind himself of that time.
"The words of the song can be related to the last few days," Laurie said.
More than 3000 people searched for Steven Walls. They scoured bush around the farming area of Tubbamurra looking for the boy, who became separated from his father while they were herding sheep.
The story became world news, and the song used the first words Steven apparently said when he was found: "Where's my daddy?".
Here's some of the lyrics: The blazing sun beat down upon the earth that final day, with heavy hearts they prayed to God above to show the way, when from a scrubby gully came the voice they've ne'er forgot, "Where's my daddy, where's my daddy?" cried the little boy lost, "Where's my daddy, where's my daddy?" cried the little boy lost.
In July 1960, several months after Steven Walls was found alive, the song was still in the top 40. It was around that time that Sydney schoolboy Graeme Thorne became Australia's first kidnap victim. He was later found murdered.
The murder prompted Johnny Ashcroft to remove his song from the airwaves. He didn't want Graeme's family and friends to have to hear the song.
As for Steven, he went on to live another 60 years. He died last year at age 64 at his home on the old family sheep property.
Smiling Clive Churchill
David Stuart, of New Lambton, was browsing through a copy of a magazine, titled The Hunter Glory Days, which was published several years ago.
It included an item about rugby league immortal Clive Churchill on page 34.
"When I finished, I glanced through a sea of faces on the front page celebrating the end of World War II in Hunter Street, Newcastle on August 15, 1945," David said.
"One face among the hundreds stood out from the others. Almost half way up the cover, on the right-hand edge and standing next to a young man with a white jumper with his arm raised, was a smiling 18-year-old Clive Churchill with his unmistakable hairstyle and features.
"That particular year he was playing for Central and in 1947 he began his career with South Sydney. The article in the magazine related to a particular game for South Sydney on August 13, 1955 in which he played on with a broken arm, almost 10 years to the day after the cover photo was taken."
