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Sat, 07/18/2009 - 18:04
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Neale returns to the bush with TV crew

British backpacker Jamie Neale has returned to the bush in the NSW Blue Mountains to
tell a TV crew how his bushwalk went so horribly wrong.
The 19-year-old was lost for 12 days in enduring sub-zero temperatures, living off
seeds and weeds and keeping warm under strips of bark.
He wandered off a walking track during a planned day hike on July 3 and lost hope of
ever getting out of the rugged terrain before emerging on Wednesday.
Mr Neale was taken back into bushland on Saturday by the Nine Network's 60 Minutes,
which paid $200,000 for his story.
The teenager left hospital on Friday and is set to travel to Perth to visit relatives.
His father, Richard Cass, left Sydney on Saturday to return home, after flying out
to Australia to join the extensive search for his son.
Before boarding his flight he again defended his son's honesty as doubters in
Australia and Britain continued to question how the backpacker survived in the cold
and without food.
Sky News in the UK says it will broadcast an interview with Mr Neale in the UK on
Sunday.


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