A girl (3) who vanished from her bed overnight in Australia has been found alive and well.

Police feared Chloe Campbell had been snatched from her home in Childers, Queensland after her father discovered her missing on Thursday morning.

It is understood that she walked back to the house at around 1am local time (4pm Irish time) and was reunited with her mother. She has now been taken to a nearby hospital to undergo checks.

Her father, Garth Campbell, had said Chloe - who normally sleeps in the living room - had vanished along with her sleeping bag and stuffed, blue toy dog.

He had said a window was open and that there was an adult-sized footprint on the family's car outside.

"I don't think there's any possible way she's wandered off" he said.

"She wouldn't leave the yard by herself".

He added that the family would normally have closed the windows at night, but that one of the latches must have failed to lock properly.

"That’s why we are blaming ourselves" he added.