Backpacker Carolina Wilga found alive in WA’s outback

A German backpacker missing for 12 days in WA’s outback has been found alive.

The ABC has confirmed Carolina Wilga was discovered alive on Friday afternoon.

Ms Wilga was last seen at a general store in Beacon in WA’s Wheatbelt, three-and-a-half hours drive north-east of Perth.

Police discovered her abandoned vehicle deep in a nature reserve 36 kilometres north of the town on Thursday afternoon and conducted a large-scale aerial search.

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