Backpacker Found Alive in Australian Bush After 12 Days of Surviving Her Major Mistake

Backpacker Found Alive in Australian Bush After 12 Days of Surviving Her Major Mistake

Backpacker Found Alive in Australian Bush After 12 Days of Surviving Her Major Mistake Carolina Wilga at a local store where she was last seen before becoming missing – credit WA Police, handout A German backpacker lost for 12 days in the Australian outback has survived and spoken out regarding her traumatic experience. Carolina Wilga’s disappearance gripped the nation after her friends and family lost contact with her in late June and her van was discovered immobilized off a trail in a nature reserve in the state of Western Australia. The 26-year-old had been found walking along a track on the outskirts of the reserve, having been ravaged by mosquitos and chewed up in the rough terrain. Inspector Martin Glynn of the Western Australia police said Wilga was found last Friday at 7:30 p.m. local time by a member of the public who took the backpacker to the nearest town, Beacon. It was there that she was airlifted to a hospital in Perth where she released a statement to the press on Monday. “Th…