Officers said the "difficult" rescue began when they received a call from campers to say their friend was lost in mangroves.
Officers said the "difficult" rescue began when they received a call from campers to say their friend was lost in mangroves in Helensvale early Tuesday morning.READ MORE:Police have rescued a woman who became stuck in mangroves in Gold Coast's north.
"The woman had attempted to traverse the thick mud in an attempt to find land but became lost in the pitch darkness," Queensland Police said in a statement. "An officer from Coomera conducted a foot search, navigating his way through approximately 200 metres of knee-deep, and at times waist-deep, mud and thick scrub for almost an hour to locate the woman.France's tallest mountain shrinks by more than two metres in a couple of yearsOnce the officer found the woman he used a horn from a police car as a signal to his colleagues."The woman and officer were thankfully uninjured, albeit exhausted," police said.
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