'Help me' message in the sand locates missing woman in Snowy River National Park 
 
 A WOMAN missing for four days in a national park was rescued after scrawling the word "HELP" in sand. 
 
 Lynette Joyce Bond, 68, was winched to safety by the police air wing after it spotted her plea in the Snowy River National Park. 
 
 Emergency services were alerted at noon on Saturday after a walker discovered Ms Bond's vehicle on the Deddick Trail. 
 
 A note left on the car said it had broken down on Wednesday. 
 
 No one had seen or heard from Ms Bond since, prompting local police, search-and-rescue officers, State Emergency Service volunteers, bushwalkers and the police air wing to scour the area. 
 
 "Gone for help to McKillops Bridge 2.45pm 3/4 Lynette," the note on the car read. 
 
 Searchers found some of Ms Bond's belongings along the track before her message was discovered. 
 
 "Air wing members spotted the woman about 11.30am on the banks of Snowy River, where she had written the word 'HELP' in the sand," Victoria Police spokeswoman Leonie Johnson said. 
 
 Ms Bond, from Mornington, was taken to hospital for a check-up and last night was said to be doing well. 
 
 "Think I'll buy a bicycle," she told Channel 7 following her discovery. 
 
 The police air wing video shows Ms Bond - wearing a red top and black jacket - lying on the ground with a backpack on, waving a hiking stick in the air and making a "sand angel" movement. 
 
 Police said it was still early to know the full details of how she survived in the national park, 325km east of Melbourne. However, it is believed there was no phone reception for Ms Bond to call for help. 
 
 The road where her car was found is unsuitable for caravans, trailers and semi-trailers due to its long, narrow and steep descent down to McKillops Bridge, which crosses the Snowy River near Deddick River - where Ms 
 
 Bond is thought to have been found. The area is popular with swimmers, canoeists and walkers. 
 
 jon.kaila@news.com.au 

 Missing Mornington woman in stable condition after being rescue from national park 
 
 A MORNINGTON woman missing for four days in a national park was rescued after drawing the world "HELP" in the sand. 
 
 Lynette Joyce Bond was airlifted to safety by the police air wing after it noticed her plea in the Snowy River National Park. 
 
 The 68-year-old was found about 11.30am on Sunday, April 7 on the banks of Snowy River and was taken to a Bairnsdale hospital for a check-up. 
 
 A spokesperson for Bairnsdale Regional Health said Ms Bond was in "a stable condition". 
 
 Emergency services were alerted of Ms Bond's disappearance at noon on April 6 after a walker discovered her 4WD on the Deddick Trail. 
 
 A note left on the car said it had broken down on April 3. 
 
 The note read: "Gone for help to McKillops Bridge 2.45pm 3/4 Lynette." 
 
 Nobody had seen or heard from Ms Bond since, prompting emergency services to search the area. 
 
 Local police, search-and-rescue officers, State Emergency Service volunteers and volunteer bushwalkers took part in the search for Ms Bond.
– An Australian woman was rescued in a national park last weekend after leaving two messages for help—one scrawled dramatically in the sand, the Herald Sun reports. Emergency crews went looking for Lynette Bond, 68, after a hiker found a three-day-old note in her broken-down vehicle. Rescuers then found her belongings on a trail, and an air crew spotted the word "HELP" in the sand with Bond lying beside it making a "sand angel," reports Australia's News Network. Said Bond from the hospital: "Think I'll buy a bicycle."