A car belonging to a missing Victorian man has been found  on a deserted highway in remote South Australia three months after he vanished. Reports from his family suggest his ute has been found bogged in scrubland. Dane Kowalski, 27, was last seen leaving his Diamond Creek home in north east Melbourne on December 12 last year after telling friends he was going a fishing trip. He withdrew $800 from his account and hasn't been heard from since. The tradesman's white Holden Rodeo ute was discovered by local workers in scrubland about 95 kilometres south west of Coober Pedy, South Australian Police confirmed on Wednesday. Mr Kowalski had claimed that he planned to stay at the Victoria towns of Wilsons Promontory or Leongatha until December 19 before he set off on his road trip. Scroll down for video . In attempt to find Dane, friends have set up a website and started a social media campaign, as well as printing shirts and stickers with his face on them . The tradesman's white Holden Rodeo ute was discovered by local workers in scrubland about 95 kilometres south west of Coober Pedy, South Australian Police confirmed on Wednesday . Desperate: Mr Kowalski's friends and family have launched a widespread search in which they have retraced his footsteps from Victoria to Darwin and handed out hundreds of missing posters . However, police now believe he may have instead been heading for the Darwin in the Northern Territory. The car is being transported to Coober Pedy to be examined by South Australian Police in a bid to discover what happened to Mr Kowalski. Inspector Ian Humby said that Police were intensifying their search for any information on Mr Kowalski's whereabouts. 'Today, with assistance of SES and CFS together with STAR Group, we'll be doing searching in the vicinity between the Stuart Highway and the location where the car was found, doing searches in that whole vicinity trying to find any evidence we can to try and find out where he might be,' Mr Humby said on Thursday. 'We're also examining the car and any of its contents for any information that might help.' 'At this time there does not appear to be any suspicious circumstances.' His family and friends have led a tireless campaign to bring Dane home and have spoken out after the latest development. 'Dane's car has been found in scrub land off the Stuart Highway in South Australia,' his family and friends wrote on their Facebook page, set up to help locate their missing mate. 'It appears he got bogged. 'Dane's family and some close friends are heading to Coober Pedy now to assist and search. We all have fingers crossed and are praying this enables us to bring Dane home. 'Please keep all speculation to yourselves'. According to a Facebook post on the 'Find Dane' Facebook page, it appears the vehicle became bogged . After Dane's car was found his friends posted this photo on Facebook, captioned, 'We're coming to find you Dane. We'll never give up hope. Time to bring you home, mate' Dane hasn't touched his phone, bank account or social media accounts since he went missing . The Melbourne man's loved ones said they were focussing of remaining hopeful after the car was uncoverd. 'We are all overwhelmed with emotion and want to thank everyone for their love prayers and support. 'Good luck boys and Danes family lets ‪#‎bringdanehome!! They also posted a photo of Mr Kowalski jumping for joy on their Facebook site as his loved one's board a plane to continue their search. The photo was captioned, 'We're coming to find you Dane. We'll never give up hope. Time to bring you home, mate'. His friends and family have spent the past month retracing his steps from Melbourne to Darwin looking for signs of Dane and putting up hundreds of missing person posters along the way. They have vowed not to stop until they find him. For three months his friends have campaigned tirelessly, imploring everybody to spread the message about Dane's strange and distressing disappearance . Any sign, big or small, leading people to their website or raising awareness is necessary . Dane Kowalski, 27, left his Diamond Creek home in Victoria on December 12 for a fishing trip in Darwin . In attempt to find Dane, friends have set up a website and started a social media campaign, as well as printing shirts and stickers with his face on them. One of Dane's best friends, who has been friends with him since the age of 12, is so desperate to find him that he has offered a $25,000 reward from his own pocket for any information. Brittany Taylor, the partner of Dane's best friend Anthony Hudson, told Daily Mail Australia that the missing man's family and friends were beside themselves with worry. 'No one has heard a word. There's been nothing since then (December 12); his phone hasn't been touched, his bank account hasn't been touched, social media – nothing,' Ms Taylor said. 'He's missed Christmas, his god-daughter's birthday, some really vital things that we knew he was looking forward to. It's so out of character. It's not unusual for him to travel, but it is unusual for him not to check in. 'Everyone's beside themselves: his mum is not coping at all, everyone's a mess, everyone's doing everything they can, everyone's breaking down and trying to support each other.' There has been no trace of the 27-year-old since that day: His phone and bank accounts remaining untouched . His friends and family have considered hiring a plane in Darwin for a more thorough search. 'My partner put that reward money - $25,000 - out of his own pocket. He's desperate to have his best friend back home. If someone knows something or they've seen something - we're desperate,' Ms Taylor said. One of the many psychics, who responded to the social media campaign, told Dane's family that he may have stopped to help someone whose car was hit by a kangaroo before a scuffle broke out and his car was taken. 'He's missed Christmas, his god-daughter's (pictured) birthday - some really vital things that we knew he was looking forward to. It's so out of character...Everyone's beside themselves: his mum is not coping at all, everyone's a mess,' Brittany Taylor, the partner of Mr Kowalski's best friend Anthony Hudson, said . It's just one of the many lead's his desperate family has followed up, including checking road tolls and phone records. Ms Taylor and the rest of Mr Kowalski's friends and family have issued a plea of help to the public to help them find him. 'We don't think it's likely at all, but if he wants to be left alone we just want him to let us know he's okay. He's so missed and so loved and we're doing everything we can to get him home,' Ms Taylor said. 'Everyone's beside themselves: his mum is not coping at all, everyone's a mess, everyone's doing everything they can, everyone's breaking down and trying to support each other.' 'He's one of the most amazing people you'll ever meet; he'd give you everything he had if he knew he could help you. You can't say a bad word about him, you really can't. He really loves life.' Dane is described as being of Caucasian appearance, approximately 185cm tall, of athletic build with blue eyes and undercut brown hair. He was driving a white 2004 Holden Rodeo ute with the registration WN114. Anyone who sees Dane is urged to contact Triple Zero (000) immediately. The enormous search effort for Mr Kowalski has involved police, psychics, missing posters, a social media campaign, a website and various fundraisers. Now, his friends and family are considering hiring a plane in Darwin for a more thorough search. Four of the much-loved man's friends returned home two days ago after driving from Melbourne to Darwin, handing out missing posters and looking for signs of their missing friend. They flew back to Darwin on New Year's Day to continue their search. 'My partner put that reward money - $25,000 - out of his own pocket. He's desperate to have his best friend back home. If someone knows something or they've seen something - we're desperate,' Ms Taylor said. Dane is described as being of Caucasian appearance, approximately 185cm tall, of athletic build with blue eyes and undercut brown hair. He was driving a white 2004 Holden Rodeo ute with the registration WN114. Anyone who sees Dane is urged to contact Triple Zero (000) immediately .
Dane Kowalski, 27, left his Diamond Creek home in Victoria on December 12 for a fishing trip in Darwin . There has been no trace of him since then, with his phone and bank accounts remaining untouched . Three months later his ute has been found on a remote highway . According to family, it appears car became bogged and was abandoned . The disappearance was 'out of character' and his family and friends have vowed to never give up until he is home .