Tourists lost in Australia rescued; lived on vodka, biscuits for 2 weeks
Deccan ChronicleSydney: A man and woman have been rescued after surviving two weeks in Australia's arid outback on little more than vodka, groundwater and biscuits, but a third person is still missing, police said Tuesday. The three friends had set out to explore the country's vast sun-baked interior near Alice Springs on November 19 when their car became bogged down in a river bed. Police said Tuesday that a local rancher had found the man, 40-year-old Phu Tran, "slightly disorientated" but in a "good condition" a two-day walk from the vehicle. 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.