<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/carolina-wilga-german-backpacker-leaves-perth-hospital-after-five-nights-recovery-from-ordeal/7ca0e535-6904-4ec9-93ba-9ceda66f7d3d" rel="" target="" title="Carolina Wilga"><span>Carolina Wilga</span></a><span>'s now-famous Mitsubishi Delica has been moved after its mammoth misadventure.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It took four days to pluck the vehicle from the rugged bushland, where it had sat abandoned for a month.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/germany" rel="" target="" title="German"><span>German</span></a><span> backpacker made global headlines with her miracle survival story after bogging her van in the remote </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/western-australia" rel="" target="" title="WA"><span>WA</span></a><span> Wheatbelt.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/liberating-mafs-star-reveals-new-health-journey/707c9aa2-ecba-44c4-a222-81b9e77aac81"><strong><span>MAFS' star Katie Johnson reveals new health journey</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She then wandered off to find help, rescued on a lonely track 11 days later.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>With the 26-year-old now back home in Germany, a team of locals banded together to retrieve her heavily bogged van.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Farmer and fire brigade volunteer Andrew Sprigg led the charge on the complex mission, which required heavy machinery.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/carolina-wilga-car-complex-mission-to-retrieve-german-backpackers-stranded-vehicle/f7605e0e-0e15-4082-886f-25e269249e51" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The most difficult thing was going down the 32 kilometres of track, cause it was so overgrown," Sprigg said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Originally we thought we could use a 4WD but eventually we had to give up on that idea and go for a loader."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/why-a-sunshine-coast-rescue-emu-has-feathers-flying/564abe02-8175-4911-8e8c-94ed35f880a2"><strong><span>Why a Sunshine Coast rescue emu has feathers flying</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The van's now being stored at a secret location until Carolina's friends can pick it up.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>9News understands Wilga wanted it kept out of the public eye and has offered to cover the cost of its retrieval.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She's very embarrassed and very thankful," Sprigg said</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Questions remain about how Wilga ended up in such a remote spot but locals hope it serves as a warning for other travellers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Rule number one, tell someone where you're going," Sprigg said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"And the second one is probably the back-up plan is communication. Phones don't work very well out here and preferably take a friend, take another car."</span></div></div>