<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>All states and territories are searching for a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/western-australia-wheatbelt-serious-concerns-missing-german-backpacker-carolina-wilga/7777a69f-b742-4956-9242-f1bd6074e7c2" rel="" target="_blank" title="German backpacker who disappeared from outback Western Australia"><span>German backpacker who disappeared from outback Western Australia</span></a><span>, as police release vision of the 26-year-old's last known movements to appeal for information on her whereabouts.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Carolina Wilga has been backpacking across Australia for the past two years and has most recently been working at mines in regional parts of WA to fund her stays at hostels.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was last seen in Beacon, about 300km north-east of Perth in the Wheatbelt region, on June 29.</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/sussan-ley-says-she-once-pulled-a-gun-on-a-man-while-camping/6f6a6bc3-2815-4a73-b6cb-786f31761495" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Sussan Ley says she once pulled a gun on a man while camping</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Today, police shared footage of her pulling up to a general store in the town at about 12.10pm that same day in a distinctive black and silver Mitsubishi Delica van.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Wilga, dressed in blue jeans and a grey jumper, was seen peering into the store and walking around the property before leaving in the car about five minutes later.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She had stopped at a petrol station in Toodyay about 4.30pm the day before and then travelled to Dowerin before making her way to Beacon.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/carolina-wilga-search-for-backpacker-missing-from-outback-wa-expands-across-australia/91d37c37-34cd-4f4a-9c22-a16cf6ebfa4e" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We hope this will cause a member of the public to recognise Carolina as somebody they have seen or jog their memory and provide us with something that may be relevant in our search for her," Homicide Squad Detective Senior Sergeant Katharine Venn said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Venn said Wilga's disappearance is "unexplained" and her family overseas are concerned.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The family are understandably distraught, very worried, as any of us would be with a young family member on the other side of the world missing in such unusual circumstances," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We're doing everything we can."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Venn said all states and territories have been notified and have alerts on for her vehicle, as friends have advised that she intended to travel to regional WA and the east coast.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Therefore, our search is vast," she said. </span></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/bega-australia-winds-down-peanut-company-of-australia/2bd22bce-1f9f-4b12-aaed-abf4a4031662" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Bega shuts down peanut factories, leaving 150 workers and 90 growers in the lurch</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Planes and helicopters have been scouring the Wheatbelt area, which Venn described as having "inhospitable, rocky terrain".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police have also been following up on leads across the state, including Esperance, Albany and Margaret River.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She could be off grid, not have access to her phone, and she certainly had capacity in the vehicle she was travelling in to be self-sufficient for quite some time," Venn said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Venn stressed that, despite the homicide squad's involvement, her disappearance remains a missing persons investigation, and there is no indication of any third-party involvement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"But our minds are open to any line of inquiry or any information that people bring forward to us," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span></span><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/missing-surfer-darcy-deefholts-found-on-island-off-new-south-wales-coast/c29429ce-c341-4bb3-b7de-0b0e2c3e1fa3" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Missing surfer, 19, found marooned on island 12km from shore</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Wilga is described as having a slim build, with long wavy brown hair, brown eyes and several tattoos, including one which depicts symbols on her left forearm.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She is believed to be driving the black and silver 1995 Mitsubishi Delica van with Western Australian registration 1HDS 330 and a distinctive rooftop tent.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Anyone with information or footage in the Beacon area and the surrounding north-east Wheatbelt area between June 29 and July 4 is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Someone out there must have some vital information which can assist WA Police in bringing Carolina back to her family and friends," Venn said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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