A young German backpacker who vanished in remote bushland in Western Australia has been found alive, 12 days after her vehicle became stranded in an isolated nature reserve.

German backpacker Carolina Wilga has issued a heartfelt statement following her rescue from outback Western Australia, as she reveals more details about how she became lost.

THE hero farmer who found a missing backpacker in the Australian Outback has revealed the first words she said to the lost woman. Tania French discovered a dishevelled Carolina Wilga, 26, on the