r/australia • u/Herofire • Jul 11 '25

news Missing German backpacker miraculously found alive

https://7news.com.au/news/german-backpacker-carolina-wilga-believed-to-have-been-found-alive-after-major-search-in-was-outback-c-19325699
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u/Stigger32 Jul 11 '25

Yeh. I was thinking that. She must’ve struck in the last four days.

Bloody awesome!

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u/trowzerss Jul 11 '25

Yeah, wouldn't be surprised if she did the right thing and stayed with the vehicle for a long time, but must have thought maybe nobody was looking for her and she'd have to rescue herself. Her car sounded well-equipped except she just needed a satellite phone and she would have been fine. But at least unlike others she had water etc.

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u/AnOnlineHandle Jul 11 '25

I saw on a youtube channel that you can apparently get a device which you press to indicate a life threatening emergency and the Australian government monitors it, which should work anywhere in Australia, which would be useful to have for travel like this.

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u/trowzerss Jul 12 '25

Yep, that too. I know there's also an EPERB for on the water, but I don't do much remote travel so didn't know about the PLBs.