<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>German backpacker Carolina Wilga had been lost in the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/western-australia" rel="" target="_blank" title=" Western Australian"><span>Western Australian</span></a><span> outback for two weeks - surrounded by nothing but desert and dirt, she was weak and dehydrated, when finally, she saw something in the distance - a car.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Wilga waved down the driver while she limped along the roadside in Karroun Hill Reserve, more than 300 kilometres north-east of Perth in the Wheatbelt region, WA Police Detective Acting Inspector Jessica Securo revealed today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was 20 kilometres away from the nearest walking track. </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><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/missing-german-bakcpacker-carolina-wilga-woman-found/7a3187b8-da3f-406f-ba0c-b94609fd0f64"><strong><span>Backpacker will wake up in warm hospital bed after 12 hellish days lost in outback</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Securo said the backpacker was receiving medical attention in hospital this morning, and provided insight into what the backpacker's condition was when she reached police.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She was very distressed, obviously exhausted, dehydrated, needed some food... but overall just relieved that she had come across someone and was able to get that help," Securo said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She actually flagged down a passing motorist, which was extremely lucky... and we're extremely grateful to that member of the community who helped us." </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/detective-reveals-fresh-details-about-missing-backpacker-carolina-wilgas-rescue/23b739a3-dd4f-4750-a67c-60657702e763" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The outback can be made of many terrains which can be quite challenging, so often if you are out there, you may think, oh, I'm never going to come across someone who may help me."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Images of her rescue show Wilga arriving back in Beacon and walking from a police vehicle onto a plane to be taken to Perth for medical treatment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Wilga had been missing since June 29.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police were able to locate her car yesterday, which was badly bogged down. The backpacker had decided to abandon the car and start walking through the outback.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The vehicle had mechanical failures... so Carolina left the vehicle in an attempt to seek help elsewhere," Securo said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Our advice would be if you do come to be in one of those positions, stay with your vehicle, our searchers are able to find a vehicle far easier than finding a person." </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Her family in Germany have been made aware of her rescue and current condition. </span></div></div>

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