A 60-year-old Leonora man was found dead on Wednesday near Wiluna, 1000 kilometres north-east of Perth, after he abandoned his broken down vehicle. The man was driving with a woman to Windidda Station, a cattle ranch in the remote Wiluna region of Western Australia state, when their car broke down on Sunday, police said in a statement. When help did not come, the man left the vehicle with a small container of water the next morning to walk 48 kilometres to Windidda Station, but failed to arrive. A woman, who left the same vehicle about 24 hours after the man, was found on the road by people from Wongawol Station who took her to Windidda Station, where the man had been heading. Station residents launched a search and found the man dead late Wednesday 2 kilometers (1.24 miles) from Windidda, police said. Police said there were no suspicious circumstances and a report would be prepared for the coroner. Wiluna, a village of several hundred residents which is the biggest population center in the region, had a forecast maximum temperature of 39 degrees Celsius (102 Fahrenheit) on Thursday. People who travel through remote locations have been urged to stay with their vehicle if they become lost or incapacitated as searchers can more easily spot a vehicle from the air, than a person.
– An Australian man is dead after walking nearly 29 miles on a steaming hot, lonely Outback road. The unidentified 60-year-old and a female companion were driving to the Windidda Station cattle ranch near the remote town of Wiluna when their car broke down on Sunday, police say. The pair camped overnight, hoping to flag down a passing car. When none had come by early Monday, the man began the 30-mile trek to Windidda with just a "small container of water," the AP reports. He didn't return a day later, so the woman set out after him. She was found yesterday by workers from the nearby Wongawol Station, who took her to her destination, ABC News reports. Her companion had not arrived. Workers began a search and discovered the Leonora man's body on the side of the road, a little over a mile from Windidda, police say. It isn't clear when he died. Though a coroner has yet to determine the cause of death, police say there are no suspicious circumstances; Temperatures reached 106 degrees in Wiluna on the day he began his journey. Police are now reminding Outback travelers to pack plenty of food and water and to stick by a vehicle if they get lost or are unable to continue as vehicles are far easier to spot from the air than humans, WA Today reports. (The story of a boy who spent nine weeks in the Outback has a happier ending.)