Overview

• Police discovered her abandoned Mitsubishi van near Karroun Hill on July 10, and she was found a day later about 24 kilometres away after setting out on foot.
• She endured dehydration, sunburn and insect bites by drinking rainwater and sheltering in caves, navigating westward using the sun’s position.
• On July 11, Wilga flagged down a passing motorist who drove her to the Beacon police station before she was airlifted to Perth.
• Doctors report she is being treated for a foot injury alongside her physical ailments and has started counselling for the trauma of her ordeal.
• stern AuAustralia Police have launched a review into how her van’s mechanical failure left her stranded deep in the Wheatbelt region.