A man and woman have been rescued after surviving two weeks in Australia\u2019s arid outback on little more than vodka, groundwater and biscuits, but a third person is still missing, police said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police said Tuesday that a local rancher had found the man, 40-year-old Phu Tran, \u201cslightly disorientated\u201d but in a \u201cgood condition\u201d a two-day walk from the vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His discovery came after Tamra McBeath-Riley, 52, was found on Sunday less than two kilometres from the same vehicle suffering from dehydration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The three friends set out to explore the country\u2019s vast sun-baked interior near Alice Springs on November 19 when their car became bogged down in a river bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After three days staying put and waiting for a rescue, the group feared supplies were dwindling and two of them decided to walk along a property fence line in the hope of finding help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
McBeath-Riley told public broadcaster ABC that the trio accompanied by their blue Staffordshire terrier Raya had survived by drinking pre-mixed vodka drinks and water from a hole dug for cattle, eating biscuits and sheltering in a hole dug under her car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe was still fine when he left but we obviously are now focusing our search to identify where she is,\u201d police superintendent Pauline Vicary said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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