QUEENSLAND (TIP): A Britishbackpacker who went missing aftersetting out on a run in the Australianoutback has been found.Sam Woodhead had failed to returnto a cattle station in centralQueensland on Tuesday afternoon.Queensland Police said MrWoodhead was a little sunburnedwhen he was found but was hydratedand otherwise well.Mr Woodhead, 18, reportedly fromRichmond in south-west London, wasreported missing by the owner ofUpshot Station, where he wasworking.
The teenager is being returned tothe cattle station for a medicalassessment, before being transferredto a hospital in the nearby town,Longreach.His sister Rebecca wrote onFacebook earlier: “We have been toldthat they have found sam!! We have noinformation on his condition or wherehe was found yet, so keep your fingerscrossed.”Mr Woodhead had been in Australiafor eight days when he disappeared.Temperatures have been around 37Cin the area this week.
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