German backpacker's outback rescue 'sheer luck'

ABC TV video shows Carolina Wilga (right) boarding an aircraft in WA
Backpacker Carolina Wilga has had a "good night's sleep", food and a shower since being rescued. -PR Handout Image

A German backpacker survived on minimal food and water for 11 nights in the rugged outback before finding a road and flagging down a motorist by "sheer luck". 

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