‘He is never leaving the house again’: mother reunites with son missing for six days in Victorian bushland

William, 17, was reported missing after straying from his camp near Walhalla in Victoria’s Gippsland region

A teenager has shared an emotional reunion with his mother after being found alive following almost a week lost in dense bushland.


Police air wing found William, 17, whose surname has not been shared, laying down in a creek near Walhalla, 130km east of Melbourne, in Victoria, on Thursday morning.

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