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A search for a former Sydney radio show host who went missing while fishing at a remote river known for crocodiles has been suspended.
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Police have been looking for ex-2GB presenter Roman Butchaski, 76, for more than a week at Cape York's Olive River, in Queensland's far north.
An extensive land and air search was launched when the popular former fishing show host did not return to his camping ground at Bramwell Station on November 12.
He had left for a solo fishing trip on the river, about 900km north of Cairns.
Mr Butchaski had reportedly told friends he intended to walk along the river bank casting lures.
Police on Wednesday confirmed they had suspended the extensive search which also featured emergency services, SES volunteers and wildlife officers, along with a helicopter crew.
Police last week found the car Mr Butchaski had been driving at the river.
The Environment and Science Department told ABC that eight wildlife officers had supported police to ensure everyone's safety during the search, describing Olive River as "known croc country".
Police said Mr Butchaski, known by his nickname "Butch", was an experienced angler and had been to Cape York several times.
"He was certainly well prepared for a normal expedition that it would appear he's undertaken before," Senior Sergeant Duane Amos told reporters last week.
He said the prospect of crocodiles being in the Olive River area was a "reasonable expectation".
"That's something that the search and rescue co-ordinators would be taking into consideration," Sen Sgt Amos said.
The former radio host's brother Oleh Butchaski said his sibling may be somewhere in the rugged Olive River bushland.
"It's a semi-tropical rainforest...it's quite easy to get lost there," he told Seven News.
Australian Associated Press