WA Premier Roger Cook says rescued German backpacker Carolina Wilga is in high spirits as she recovers in a Perth hospital following her miraculous outback survival.<\/p>\n
Ms Wilga was discovered on Friday afternoon after spending 11 nights exposed to freezing temperatures in WA’s Wheatbelt region.<\/p>\n
Prior to that, she was last seen on June 29 at a general store in Beacon, three-and-a-half hours drive north-east of Perth.<\/p>\n
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Carolina Wilga was discovered by a local pastoralist by the side of a Wheatbelt road.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police discovered her abandoned vehicle deep in a nature reserve 36 kilometres north of the town on Thursday afternoon and conducted a large-scale aerial search.<\/p>\n
A day later Ms Wilga was discovered by a local pastoralist,<\/a> Tania Henley, frantically waving by the side of an outback road.<\/p>\n Rescuer describes moment she discovered lost German backpacker <\/a><\/p>\n The woman who found missing German backpacker Carolina Wilga by the side of an outback road has describes her rescue as “miraculous”.\u00a0<\/p>\n Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Mr Cook said the 26-year-old was recovering in hospital.<\/p>\n “I am so pleased that Carolina is safe and well,” Mr Cook said.<\/p>\n “We are so pleased that she’s managed this extraordinary feat of surviving in the wilds for 11 nights.<\/p>\n “I can’t imagine how traumatic it was for her and I can’t imagine the elation that her mother and her family and her friends must have felt when [it] was reported that she was safe.<\/p>\n “She’s still in hospital and in good care and I understand her spirits are high. But obviously she has to get over a very difficult physical ordeal.”<\/p>\n Warning for travellers<\/p>\n Mr Cook said the story should serve as a reminder of how inhospitable remote Western Australia could be.<\/p>\n Roger Cook says people need to take precautions when considering travel in remote areas of WA. (ABC News: Lauren Smith\u00a0)<\/p>\n “Everyone should take note though that this is an example of just how dangerous our bushland and our outback can be,” he said.<\/p>\n “Everyone travelling to Western Australia should always bear that in mind.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n