Facebook / Wodonga Police(LONDON) A woman is lucky to be alive after she was stranded for five days in thick Australian bushland and managed to survive on some candy and a bottle of wine, police said.
The incident occurred when the 48-year-old woman identified by the Wodonga Police only as Lillian was making a journey to Bright, Australia, for a short vacation when she reportedly didn’t make her daily call to check in with loved ones on April 30 and they were able to raise the alarm to authorities that something was wrong.
Emergency services immediately began to search for the missing woman in the areas of Mitta Mitta, Wodonga, Bright and Albury all approximately 200 miles northeast of Melbourne and about 40 miles away from the nearest town but were unable to find any sign of Lillian for five days.
There was a break in the case last Friday when the police Air Wing from Wodonga Police were conducting a sweep of the hilly terrain in the area when they managed to spot Lilli
She doesn't normally drink, but when Lillian's car got stuck in the mud after making a wrong turn on a remote road, she downed the bottle. Police say it may have helped her survive.
Facebook / Wodonga Police(LONDON) A woman is lucky to be alive after she was stranded for five days in thick Australian bushland and managed to survive on some candy and a bottle of wine, police said.
The incident occurred when the 48-year-old woman identified by the Wodonga Police only as Lillian was making a journey to Bright, Australia, for a short vacation when she reportedly didn’t make her daily call to check in with loved ones on April 30 and they were able to raise the alarm to authorities that something was wrong.
Emergency services immediately began to search for the missing woman in the areas of Mitta Mitta, Wodonga, Bright and Albury all approximately 200 miles northeast of Melbourne and about 40 miles away from the nearest town but were unable to find any sign of Lillian for five days.
There was a break in the case last Friday when the police Air Wing from Wodonga Police were conducting a sweep of the hilly terrain in the area when they managed to spot Lilli
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She doesn't normally drink, but when Lillian's car got stuck in the mud after making a wrong turn on a remote road, she downed the bottle. Police say it may have helped her survive.