Missing tourist found safe and well

Missing British tourist Louise Saunders has turned up safe and well after becoming lost in a dense rainforest in Australia, police said today.

The 19-year-old had been missing since Tuesday morning when she set out alone to hike to the top of Mount Tyson overlooking the town of Tully in northern Queensland.

A spokesman for Queensland Police Service said Miss Saunders found her own way out of the harsh terrain and walked to a nearby rubbish dump where she found help.