An excavator is being used in a remote section of the Royal National Park where the search for the body of Matthew Leveson resumed on Friday morning.
The search comes after Mr Leveson's former boyfriend, Michael Atkins, 53, led police to a possible burial site in the early hours of Thursday.
An excavator at the crime scene in the Royal National Park. Photo: Peter Rae
Mr Leveson, 20, was last seen leaving Sydney nightclub ARQ with Mr Atkins in September 2007.
Detectives attached to Strike Force Bowditch arrived at the possible burial site at 7.45am on Friday, followed shortly by the NSW Police dog squad.
Police from Sutherland Local Area Command have been guarding the section of bushland off The McKell Avenue at Waterfall overnight.
Up to a dozen police officers have joined the search with more expected throughout the day.
Michael Atkins and Matthew Leveson. Photo: Supplied
Police tape has blocked off the search site which is off to the left of a bend, a few kilometres past Waterfall train station.
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