Woman Lost in Snowy River National Park Found

[Overlandman]

A woman who was lost in the Snowy River National Park in north-east Victoria for four days has been found after she wrote "help" in the sand of a riverbank.

Lynette Joyce Bond, from Mornington, south-east of Melbourne, was spotted on the banks of the Snowy River before midday today.

She was winched to safety by the Victoria Police airwing.

The 68-year-old has been taken to hospital for a check up but is believed to be in good health.

Police found her four-wheel-drive vehicle on the Deddick Track yesterday with a note saying it had broken down on Wednesday.

Police, SES volunteers and volunteer bushwalkers helped search for the woman

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Why did she leave the vehicle? Somewhere relatively remote especially, it's not a good idea to get far from the car.

[dplanet]

Hope that a personal emergency beacon will be a birthday present for her 70th.