The bush was second-nature to Shelley Crooks, the woman who was found injured after going missing for six weeks.
Ms Crooks' aunt told RadioLIVE host Mark Sainsbury that her niece was a remarkable woman.
"She's beautiful. She's a beautiful girl, but I would guarantee if I get lost, I wanna get lost with Shelley," Paki Semmens said.
Ms Crooks was taught how to survive in the Tolaga Bay bush by her father, a "great bushman".
"When they were little kids, he used to take them with him and he would often leave them there for a night. They were only about seven and six."
But being left in the bush was far from a terrifying experience for her.
"The bush was her friend. She was never afraid of the bush," Ms Semmens said.
"She was born to it."
Ms Semmens said at first the family weren't too concerned about the lack of contact from Ms Crooks, "because she often does these sort of things."
But after the four-week mark, and a lack of activity from her bank account, the family really started to worry.
On Sunday evening, a conservation volunteer was walking a track near Fox River when he came across Ms Crooks. Her leg was injured, and she was slowly making her way out of the bush.
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Recognising Ms Crooks as the missing woman from fliers handed out by local police officers, the volunteer ran for an hour to find help, thoroughly surprising a local family when he knocked on their door, frantically asking for assistance.
Ms Crooks was picked up by the West Coast Rescue Helicopter.
"She wants to express her gratitude to the tramper who found her, and everyone involved in the search and rescue efforts to try and locate her," police said in a media release.
Listen to Mark Sainsbury speak with Paki Semmens in the video above.
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