British woman goes missing in Fiji: 5ft 23-year-old who makes daily contact with family is not seen for eight days
- Lydia O’Sullivan, 23, from Cumbria, has not been heard from in eight days
- Lydia left home to travel two years ago and has recently been living in Auckland
- Cumbria Police said she usually messages family daily but has not been heard from for eight days
A 23-year-old British woman has gone missing on the south Pacific island nation of Fiji.
Lydia O’Sullivan has not been seen or heard from, for the past eight days.
Ms O’Sullivan, from Whitehaven, Cumbria, has been travelling for the past two years and had been living and working in Auckland, New Zealand.
It is believed she recently travelled from Auckland to Fiji for time off work.
Undated handout photo issued by Cumbria Police of Lydia O’Sullivan who has gone missing while holidaying on the south Pacific island nation of Fiji
Ms O’Sullivan, pictured in an undated photo, was working and living as an English teacher in Auckland, New Zealand and took a trip to Fiji for some time off work at the end of February
A locator map shows the south Pacific Ocean island of Fiji
Cumbria Police said she usually messages family daily but has not been heard from since February 28.
Lydia is described as around 5ft with blue eyes, long brown hair and a petite build.
In a Facebook post, Lydia’s sister Franciene Nicholson, urged people to help track Lydia down: ‘She has travelled to FIJI for some time off on Feb 26th [sic].
Ms O’Sullivan, pictured in an undated photo, told her family that she had landed safely on 26 February, ‘but has not been heard of since’
‘She messaged to say she had landed safely but has not been heard of since.’
She added that Lydia, who worked as an English teacher in a number of countries, usually contacts her mother daily.
Cumbria Constabulary is liaising with Lydia’s family and agencies including the police in Fiji but would ask anyone with any knowledge of her whereabouts to contact police immediately.