German backpacker found after 12 days missing in Australian bush

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German backpacker found after 12 days missing in Australian bush  Lost German backpacker Carolina Wilga was found alive but "ravaged by mosquitoes" on Friday, 12 days after going missing in remote bushland in Western Australia.  A member of the public found the 26-year-old on a bush track at the edge of a nature reserve, and she has been taken to hospital in Perth for treatment, police said.  ABC / AFP  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #WorldNews

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00:00Okay, so I'm here to let you know that Karolina Wilger, the missing 26-year-old German national, has been located.

00:08She's been located walking on a bush track on the edge of the reserve from which she was missing,

00:14and she's been recovered by a member of the public, which is fantastic,

00:18and she's been brought down here to Beacon and is now en route to a hospital in Perth for some medical attention.

00:25As you can imagine from the trauma she's suffered for the last few days,

00:28she's been obviously through a great deal.

00:33She does have some injuries.

00:35She's been ravaged by mosquitoes.

00:36She's obviously been through an amazing journey, a trauma,

00:41and no doubt will be a testament to demonstrating her bravery in the circumstances out there.

00:46I think once we do hear her story, it will be a remarkable story.

00:51She's obviously coped in some amazing conditions.

00:54There's a very hostile environment out there, both from flora and fauna.

00:58It's a really, really challenging environment to cope in,

01:01and the weather conditions have been really adverse with temperatures getting down to zero.

01:06At night, there's been rain.

01:07There's been reports of all sorts of challenges in that terrain for searchers,

01:13and it must be a thousand times worse for her and her condition when she left away from that vehicle.

01:18There's a lot of Tippett.

01:38Here you are.

01:40And stop talking about this situation.

01:45You

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