00:01Pink balloons and fairy lights line a fence here at Willis Park in Oakdale where a vigil for 18-year
00:07-old Lily Hooper began last night.
00:10Flowers, electric candles and other tributes stretch about 30 metres along the fence line and have been placed here by
00:15loved ones and members of the community.
00:18Now this morning it's a cool but sunny winter's day, there's a light breeze blowing and people have just been
00:23stopping off this morning to lay flowers, talk to each other or just stop and be with their own thoughts.
00:29Now Oakdale, it's a small tight-knit town just south-west of Sydney, it's got a population of just over
00:352,000 people and for the past week this town like all of the Wollandilly Shire has been incredibly stressed
00:42hoping for positive news as the search stretched on for more than a week.
00:47Sadly Lily Hooper was found dead in the Natai National Park on Thursday and here at Oakdale where Lily was
00:54from many of the tributes here contain personal messages to the Hooper family.
00:58Some signed off with names of other families and friends showing just how small and connected the community is.
01:05Wollandilly Council says this vigil site here will be available all weekend for people wanting to stop, leave a tribute
01:11or grieve.
01:13Wollandilly Council says this vigil site.
01:13Wollandilly Council says this vigil site.
01:14We will be at the end of the day-to-day protest.
01:14We will be at the end of the day-to-day protest.
01:15You
