How German backpacker Carolina Wilga survived in the WA outback

In the evening, it was closing and the temperatures were falling rapidly.

The German backpacker Carolina Wilga spent about two weeks by calling the elements in Western Australia outback, minimum food and water, shelter in places where it can be possible, including drinking and a cave.

The 26 -year -old child, who was confused and lost his direction, believed that he was about to spend his 12th night outside, and finally found a way.

Wilga traveled 24 kilometers from the place where Mitsubishi Delica lost control and traveling from the distant bushes on an inner route.

After waiting for his car, he panicked after he had a day, and the best bet decided to start walking with the hope that he had come across another vehicle.

Twelve days and 11 nights later, his ordeal ended on the edge of the Mouroubra Road in Bimbijy with a five -hour car from Perth, a small town in the Wheatbed region of the state.

On July 11, at 16:00, he marked the driver of a car and then continued to meet him with the police.

Wilga’s worried family in Germany brought a big search that began when he contacted the police after he did not hear from him. Wilga’s last confirmation began on June 29 and the search on July 4th.

Wilga was sent back to Perth for medical treatment of injuries such as sunburn, comprehensive insect bites and a wounded foot.

He’s still healed and he wasn’t ready to talk to the public on Saturday, but the Officer of the WA police, who led the search for a lost backpacker, spoke at the Fiona Stanley Hospital after his rescue.

Securo said Wilga was traumatized and that someone managed to find him.

The officer also described Wilga’s survival in the hard Western Australia Outback.

“He still couldn’t believe. He convinced that he wouldn’t be found in his mind,” said Securo.

“You know, 11 days are important, so I’m sure it has come to a point where no one thought no one came.”

Securo said that the area has a mixed land and might be quite dangerous if you don’t know what you are doing or where you are going ”.

“It’s easy to get lost,” he said.

Talk By talking to him, he basically looked at the direction of the sun and tried to move to the west, which he thought would be the best bet to come across one or the road.

“There was minimum food and minimal juice. Talking to him, ‘I could plan better’ he said.

“We’ve never given up hope that Carolina will be safe and good, and it’s really the best result.”

Securo said that Wilga was very tired, but that there was a good night sleep, shower and food, and that it was “a great relief for him”.

He also thanked the woman who saved Wilga.

“A member of the community was going on at the right time, so we are grateful for giving Carolina the help he needed, S said Securo.

“I didn’t talk to him directly, but my understanding impressed himself.”

Miranda Hendry, one of Wilga’s friends, said that on Friday there was a lot of tears when they heard the news of the rescue.

“It was a long wait, we were quite troubled, in fact I was in contact with his family every day and they were very happy,” he said.

“They almost couldn’t believe, they were overwhelmed.”

Another friend Gioia Bezmer said he received a text message on June 28, saying that he would give back a book from Wilga.

Bezmer did not hear him again and learned that he was missing four days later.

“We were wondering where he went, why he watched that path, what was going on,” he said.

“[When we see her] I will definitely throw my arms around him, and maybe I’m a little angry, because what was he doing?

“You don’t hear it much when someone disappears and then found.”

Securo said it was cold by falling into temperatures below zero overnight.

There was a series of heavy rain as a series of cold facades swept throughout the WA, which provided fresh water for Wilga to drink.

However, Securo said that Wilga was lucky that he did not travel in the summer.

Wa Adventure Tourism Operator and Open -Air Educator Terry Hewett admitted that the weather from Australia, Adventure, played a role in saving Wilga’s life.

Hewett, a survival expert in regional WA before serving in the army, said that even Wilga should “do a few things right” and “keep calm” to survive without complex knowledge.

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However, when he left his vehicle, he said he went wrong and he should also inform others about where he traveled and when he could contact.

“When the emergency services talk about the dangerous or hostile environment in WA, he always worries me – this is the actions that endanger you,” he said.

“A little like a traffic light system, minibuses are loaded with materials, when the vehicle lost control of the amber and decided to leave that vehicle without knowing anyone, after he went out with red.”

Hewett said that people who leave their cars can often believe that they can withdraw their steps by going back as they come.

“My advice is always to stay with your car and invest in an EPIRB – the latest iPhone models now have a satellite, so you don’t even need additional equipment,” he said.

Hewett’s advice matched with Securos.

“Every human being is different from his survival skills in the bush, but I always go back in the best way with your car,” said.

“It is much easier for an air search to find a vehicle than a person.”

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