Backpacker needs to ‘gain 12kg back' after ordeal in WA outback
Wilga posted to Instagram on Monday night stating she needed to 'gain 12 kilograms back' in the aftermath of losing control of her car and becoming lost in the bush.
In the accompanying images, Wilga is surrounded by food in her hospital bed at Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth.
In the posts she also thanked the German Consulate for gifting her the food, including fruit, baked goods and tea.
Tuesday marks the start of her fourth full day in hospital recovering.
WA Police on Saturday revealed Wilga was flown to Perth from the state's Wheatbelt region for medical treatment of dehydration and injuries including sunburn, extensive insect bites and an injured foot.
She was rescued by Tania Henley, who lives on Bimbijy Station and was returning from a 'quick two-hour trip' to the small town of Beacon.
'It was incredible. Twelve days missing. She had to walk through the bush for 12 days because [her car] was nowhere near where I found her – nowhere,' Henley said.
'She was thin, fragile – and everybody would be fragile. Twelve days to be missing out in the bush is usually not a good result, really.
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