‘He is never leaving the house again’: mother reunites with son missing for six days in Victorian bushland
William, 17, was reported missing after straying from his camp near Walhalla in Victoria’s Gippsland region

TL;DR
- A 17-year-old boy, William, was found alive and well after being missing for nearly six days in bushland.
- He was located by a police airwing in a creek near Walhalla, Victoria.
- William was reunited with his mother, Elizabeth, in an emotional moment captured on video.
- The teenager had gone missing after straying from his campsite to retrieve camping equipment.
- He was taken to hospital for monitoring following his rescue.