A British tourist has turned up safe and well after his disappearance prompted an extensive search in Melbourne.

Benjamin Wyatt, from Bath, Somerset, had been reported missing while on holiday in Australia with his parents.

The 34-year-old, who is autistic, had disappeared at Half Moon Bay, a beach in Melbourne, on Tuesday afternoon while his family went to get the car, police said.

His family, who had been visiting his sister in the city, had made an emotional plead for help finding him, with his mother Diana saying her life was "empty" without him.