Sergeant Torpey News Today

Lillian Ip of Melbourne, Australia was on vacation in a remote part of the region when she made a wrong turn that would change her life forever.

Good to know my college diet was sustainable after all!

Speaking of how Lillian survived, Sergeant Martin Torpey said, "The only liquid Lillian, who doesn’t drink, had with her was a bottle of wine she had bought as a gift for her mother so that got her through." The sergeant said that as Lillian had planned a short trip, she carried only snacks and lollipops with her but did not carry any water. �� Australian Woman on Day Trip to Victorias High Country Goes Missing for Five Days, Survives on Wine and Lollipops.

Lillian Ip got stuck in the Mitta Mitta wilderness without phone reception on April 30 while travelling around Bright in Victorias north-east.

A simple wrong turn and a single bottle of wine resulted in a Melbourne woman's picturesque high country holiday becoming a fight for survival.  

Lillian, 48, set off on what was meant to be a short day trip on Sunday, traveling through the dense bushland at Bright in Victoria’s High Country.