Initial report from ‘thick and dense terrain’ where Lily was located was she’d been found alive but within 10 minutes a ‘more accurate account’ was relayed to police

Nearly 100 soldiers have joined the search for missing Sydney bushwalker Lily Hooper.

Lily Hooper was found on Thursday morning, more than a week after she went missing in dense bushland.

Lily Hooper had been missing in bush near Sydney for eight days.

Lily Hooper, 18, disappeared while hiking in Nattai National Park