A younger girl who went missing whereas hiking in rugged terrain in Victoria’s west has been came across receive after almost 24 hours lost in the freezing Grampians National Park.
The 22-year-ragged space off by myself in the Mount Rosea space near Halls Gap about 12pm on Thursday, sooner than contacting her mother about 8pm to dispute her she had turn out to be lost.
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Nobody heard from the younger girl after her cell phone went flat.
Her mum notified emergency products and services, sparking a search effort with police air waft and assert emergency service officers.
Police and SES scoured the distance to examine and discover the hiker, nonetheless, they found no imprint of her and suspended the quest about 3am Friday.
Search efforts recommenced at 9am and the girl was once efficiently came across after she walked onto a avenue correct after 5pm.
SES and police searched dull into the evening to examine discover the hiker. Credit: 7NEWSThe 22-year-ragged, middle, told family she spent the freezing evening in caves for heat and refuge. Credit: 7NEWSThe hiker was once no longer badly injured at some level of the ordeal but was once chilly and hungry after spending the evening in the nationwide park, where temperatures dipped to 1.3C in a single day.
She told her family she spent the evening shivering in caves for heat and refuge.
“We correct want to thank the police, the SES and all of the quite lots of volunteers the helped out. It’s been a resplendent consequence and he or she’s nicely and we’re correct going to head home and affords her a tall hug,” her mum told 7NEWS.
Paramedics contain given the girl the all obvious after she managed to speed with minor cuts.