This Was The Amazing Moment A Family Learned Their 3 Year Old Was Found In The Buslands After 4 Days Missing

Three-year-old Anthony 'AJ' Elfalak has been found in a deep gully in rugged bushland four days after he vanished on his family's rural New South Wales property.

AJ's father Anthony said his son was in reasonable shape considering his ordeal.

"He's got some nappy rash, he's been bitten by ants, he's fallen over — but he's alive," he said.

He said the boy was drinking water from a creek when he was spotted by a helicopter, in an area that had previously been searched.