Hungry, thirsty and lined in insect bites, Wilga was airlifted to a Perth hospital for therapy after she was discovered on Friday.
The backpacker had misplaced hope of being rescued, police mentioned.
“She spent 11 nights uncovered to the weather and survived by consuming the minimal meals provides she had in her possession, and ingesting water from rain and puddles,” Western Australia police mentioned final week.
“She sought shelter at night time the place attainable, together with in a cave.”
Wilga was affected by exhaustion, dehydration, sunburn, “intensive insect bites”, and an injured foot, police mentioned.
The motive force who noticed her, Tania Henley, instructed public broadcaster ABC that she noticed Wilga waving her arms by the aspect of the highway.
She gave the impression to be in a “fragile state”, bitten by midges and affected by the chilly.
“All the pieces on this bush may be very prickly. I simply cannot imagine that she survived. She had no sneakers on, she’d wrapped her foot up,” Henley mentioned.
Till her rescue, she had been final seen on Jun 29 arriving within the van at a basic retailer in Beacon.
