Pheobe Bishop: Missing teen’s housemates Tanika Bromley and James Wood create stir on streets of Gin Gin

The small Queensland town of Gin Gin is garnering national attention as the desperate search to find answers into the disappearance of 17-year-old Pheobe Bishop continues.

Chaotic scenes have played out this week as the two former flatmates of Ms Bishop, Tanika Bromley and James Wood, tried to evade the media after being evicted from their premises which was cordoned off as a crime scene after the young girl went missing.

Under her bail conditions, Ms Bromley is expected to report in person to police at the local station three times per week and her appearance walking along the street, heading to the Gin Gin station, was a different tactic to her entrance in a car the previous day.

Police have been searching for Ms Bishop since she failed to board a flight in Bundaberg on May 15, declaring multiple crimes scenes including the car used to allegedly drive Ms Bishop to the airport, stating they believe her disappearance is suspicious.

The Courier Mail reports that Ms Bromley’s visit to the police station was in vain as it was unattended, and she was forced to then call policelink as per the station’s conditions.

It is the first time she has been seen in public without a hoodie. She had her hair in plats and was wearing a white cardigan.

A note on the door of the police station read: “If you are here to report for bail and the office is unattended you must contact policelink to advise them”.

“Do not leave a note on the door.

“If you do not follow this direction you will be charged with breach of bail.”

On reading the note Ms Bromley threw her hands up in the air and walking to her car.

Pheobe’s former housemate James Wood has been videoed sleeping in his car and being harassed by angry locals as the investigation into her disappearance grinds into its third week.

Mr Wood and Ms Tanika Bromley, told police they dropped her to the Bundaberg airport for her 8.30am flight but CCTV shows she never made it.

Their run-down, garbage-strewn house and the Hyundai they said they used to drop Pheobe to the airport were both declared crime scenes early on in the investigation.

There is no suggestion Mr Wood or Ms Bromley were involved in Pheobe’s disappearance. Police said both had been cooperating with the investigation.

After the search of the car, the pair were each charged with unrelated weapons offences after police allegedly found a shortened firearm, ammunition and two replica handguns during a search of the vehicle

Mr Wood and Ms Bromley have both been released on bail, with conditions including that they do not contact each other. They are due to appear in court again in June.

Police are also looking into altered number plates allegedly seen on the car after it was released following its forensic examination.

On Thursday, Mr Wood was confronted by an angry local as he slept in the driver’s seat of his car with a dog in the backseat at a park and was prodded with an umbrella through a window to wake him up, the Daily Mail reported.

“He’s here, he’s hiding here,” she yelled as others watched on.

“...Justice for Pheobe! Justice for Pheobe!”