Australian Woman Relied on Lollipops, Wine as She Wandered Lost for Five Days

Australians are nothing if not resourceful. Just ask the woman who was rescued by Wodonga police in the southern state of Victoria after wandering lost and alone in bushland for five days.

The disorientated 48-year-old — identified only by her first name Lillian — told emergency services she was lucky enough to have a bottle of wine on her person and some lollipops when she entered the bush after becoming lost in her car.

She later returned to the vehicle.

Upon rescue she revealed the first thing she wanted was “water and a cigarette.” Luckily a resourceful policewoman was able to supply the latter on the spot.

Police say Lillian’s loved ones called police last week when she didn’t make her daily call to check in with them, the BBC reports.

Emergency services made extensive searches of the region over the past week but were unable to find any sign of her until a helicopter was deployed and found her.

See the moment Air Wing located a woman, who was missing for five days in dense bushland.

Yesterday afternoon, Air Wing were conducting a sweep of the hilly terrain when they spotted Lillian’s car at the end of a dirt road in the Mitta Mitta bushland.

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“Due to health issues she was unable to try and walk for help so stayed with her car,” Wodonga Police Station Sergeant Martin Torpey said. “She used great common sense to stay with her car and not wander off into bushland, which assisted in police being able to find her.”