Lost Adelaide woman rescued after leaving SOS message on driveway

A woman lost in dense scrub was rescued after she managed to leave an SOS message in the bush alerting police to her whereabouts.

An Adelaide woman who went missing at the weekend has been found alive and well after leaving an SOS message in the bush for someone to find.

Deborah Pilgrim, 55, disappeared on Sunday morning in Sedan, about 100km northeast of the city, where she had been camping with friends.

Police had used a helicopter, mounted patrols, trail bikes and State Emergency Service volunteers in a bid to find her.

The SOS message scrawled in the dirt was spotted on a CCTV camera. Picture: Channel 9

She was located on Tuesday night after a member of the public noticed someone had written SOS in the driveway of his bush block.

Retired police officer Neil Marriott watched his security camera footage remotely of the message being created.

He said he himself has been lost in the area three times before.

“If you keep your cool and you keep walking, you’ll eventually come to a road.

“It’s very, very dense mallee scrub,” he told ABC Radio Adelaide.

“I’m so pleased she was able to find water, because I feared the worst for her, I really did.”

He alerted police who found Mrs Pilgrim on a neighbouring property around midnight.

She was taken to Angaston Hospital but appears to be in good health, South Australian Police said on Wednesday.

— With AAP