Police have located the body of a woman south of Alice Springs today.
Police located the body, which is believed to be that of Claire Hockridge during desperate search efforts today.
Her two friends made it out after almost two weeks stranded in the outback, but it appears Ms Hockridge has not.
Formal identification is yet to be conducted and police will prepare a report for the Coroner.
The isolated outback station at Palmer Valley, south of Alice Springs, was the focus of police land search efforts today.
Police believed the 46-year-old would have run out of water.
Police search efforts located footprints in the area late Tuesday which they believed to have been hers.
Two of the trio missing for almost two weeks in the central Australian outback have now been found alive and well.
Phu Tran was fortunate to be found by the owner of Palmer Valley Station yesterday and Tamra McBeath-Riley, 52 was found on Sunday in the nearby Stuarts Well area.
A focused search of the Palmer Valley Station area continues today with members scouring the area on foot and motorbikes.
Ms Hockridge was last seen at the Palmer Valley Station fence line two days earlier by her friend, Phu Tran who was located by a pastoralist conducting bore runs in the area, yesterday morning.
The rescued man says he left his friend two days ago to find help.
Phu Tran was found in the area of Palmer Valley yesterday by a pastoralist doing a bore check .
The man is disorientated, thirsty and hungry but otherwise in good condition after being stuck in the outback for two weeks.
The pastoralist said the man was extremely lucky to be alive.
Tamra McBeath-Riley, 52 was found on Sunday after police located the vehicle the trio were travelling in bogged in the dry bed of the Hugh River.
Again it was a pastoralist who led police to the stuck vehicle.
Her two friends had headed off in a different direction, towards the Stuart Highway, after 14 days in the outback, believed to have been walking in a different direction to get help after their car became bogged.
The three had gone four-wheel-driving south of Alice Springs on Tuesday, November 19.
Police said Claire Hockridge was "fine" when the man left her at the fence.
Chris McLennan
ACM national rural property writer based in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Career journalist. Multi award winner.
ACM national rural property writer based in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Career journalist. Multi award winner.
