A woman who was stranded for five days in a remote section of southeast Australia last week survived on wine and lollipops, authorities said.
The 48-year-old woman, identified only as Lilian, was rescued at the end of a dirt road in Victoria on Thursday, the state police agency said in a statement.
Video released by the agency showed her waving to a rescue helicopter and officers helping her into a police van.
Lilian had gone on vacation to the city of Bright and was reported missing on April 30 after she failed to contact loved ones, according to the statement.
Authorities searched the area but found no trace of her, he said.
While conducting a sweep in a hilly section of the Mitta Mitta bush, authorities spotted her car at the end of the road and rescued her, the statement said.
Lilian told authorities she had taken the wrong turn and was trying to turn around when she got stuck in the mud, according to the statement.
He was almost 40 miles from the nearest city and was unable to walk due to health problems, according to the statement. The area has no mobile phone reception.
Lilian had brought a couple of snacks and lollipops, and used her car heater overnight, the Wodonga police station sergeant said. Martin Torpey said in a statement.
«The only liquid that Lillian, who doesn’t drink, had with her was a bottle of wine that she had bought as a gift for her mother and that helped her,» Torpey said.
«After being lost in the bush for five days, she was extremely relieved and grateful to see us and we were just as happy to see her,» she added.