THERE were missed opportunities and "avoidable delays" in finding South Australian grandmother Colleen South in the Mallee, a Victorian Coroner has heard.

Ms South, then aged 58, was found dead on August 8, 2022, under a tree on a remote rural property in Bunguluke, Victoria.

Coroner David Ryan handed down his findings earlier this month, after an inquiry late last year heard Ms South had been r...