Backpacker found after six nights in wilderness

A South Korean backpacker was rescued yesterday after being lost for six nights in rugged Australian wilderness, suffering from dehydration and exposure but relatively unscathed, police said.

Joohee Han, 25, was last seen at a supermarket in the town of Tully in Queensland on Thursday last week before telling a friend by phone the following day she was going for a walk at nearby Mount Tyson in a national park. She had been lost for five days before friends reported her missing. Her shouts for help were eventually heard by a member of the public.