A family-of-four has been rescued from South Australia's remote outback after four days of being stranded.
Lindsey and Ori Zavros and their young children Zoe and Zane's camper van became bogged down in mud after heavy rains.
The nearest town was about 150km (93 miles) away.
The family, from Perth, first called for help on Friday but were told they might have to wait weeks for a land rescue because of flooding.
Finally, a rescue helicopter was sent today to bring the family back to safety.
A statement by South Australia Police released today says: "Following a coordinated effort by emergency services, a family of four who had been stranded in the Far North of the state were winched to safety by a rescue helicopter today.
"At 10am Friday November 12 police were made aware that a Mitsubishi Canter 4WD vehicle had become bogged in the Simpson Desert near Oodnadatta.
"The West Australian vehicle containing two adults and two children became stranded after bad weather and flooding on the roads.
"A satellite phone and supplies were dropped to the family, who were safe and well and in regular contact with the police.
"Just after 4pm today (Tuesday November 16), the family was picked up by helicopter.
"The family are being flown to Coober Pedy to stay the night, where they will then make their own further travel arrangements."
Authorities dropped them emergency supplies including water and a satellite phone from the air while they were trapped, the BBC reports.
The family had been travelling around in their campervan since last November.
