‘Needle in a haystack’: how a six-day search for a missing woman in rugged Kosciuszko ended in relief

Lovisa Sjoberg had suffered a snake bite, dehydration and a rolled ankle in the days she spent lost in the Snowy Mountains - and was pretty fortunate' to be alive

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The alarm was raised by a car hire company.

Lovisa Sjoberg, known as Kiki, had hired a grey Mitsubishi Outlander and driven it out to the Kosciuszko national park, where she was known to go hiking and take photographs of brumbies.