Authorities are ramping up the search for two 20-year-old tourists after they went missing at a beach in Australia.
The men's clothes, keys and wallets were found on Shelly Beach in New South Wales on Monday morning.
Police also found their travel documents inside the pair's rental car in the beach's parking area.
Authorities added that recent surf conditions had been rough.
Police named the two men as Hugo Palmer from the UK and Erwan Ferrieux from France.
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