# Missing teenager found alive after six days lost in Victorian bushland

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/incredible-moment-missing-teen-realises-hes-saved-after-six-days-lost-in-the-rugged-australian-wilderness/
- Published: 2026-11-12T08:42:51+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T08:48:18+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16286301/missing-camper-victoria-william.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Newly released footage captures William realising a helicopter has found him.
- He survived six days after falling down a steep riverbank.
- More than 100 people took part in the search.

## Summary

Newly released helicopter footage shows 17-year-old William waving and fist-pumping as he realised searchers had found him after six days in Victorian bushland. He was rescued alive on Thursday and was reported to be in good spirits and, for the most part, in good health.

William went missing on his first camping trip with a friend near Walhalla East, after leaving the campsite without his phone and wearing shorts and work boots. Police said he fell down a steep riverbed embankment and waited there; officers spotted a tackle box about 2km east of Stoney Creek before finding him nearby. More than 100 people joined the search, during which temperatures fell as low as 3°C, and he was flown to a search base near Cowwarr.

## Coverage

- [Daily Mail: Missing teenager found alive after six days lost in Victorian bushland](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16286301/missing-camper-victoria-william.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)
- [BBC World: Australian teen missing in bush for six days rescued alive](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckvg25zmppglo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss)

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