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Second woman missing from Sakya International Buddhist retreat found in Buchan bushland
by Marissa Calligeros, The Age, January 19, 2016
Melbourne, Australia -- A woman was lost in the bush for 27 hours at Victorian Buddhist retreat, just one week after another guest was lost in the bush for five days.
<< The Sakya International Buddhist retreat in W Tree.
The woman, 44, went missing on Monday from the Sakya International Buddhist Academy in W Tree, near the small town of Buchan about four hours east of Melbourne.
It is understood the woman went for a bushwalk alone about 9.30am and did not return.
She was found nearly 27 hours later by police, about 11.45am on Tuesday.
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Last week, Dutch national Veronique Biunkens, 41, was missing for five days after setting out alone for a bushwalk from the same Buddhist retreat.
Ms Biunkens became lost on Thursday, January 7, but was not reported missing to police for five days.
She was eventually found near a creek in bushland on Tuesday, January 12.
A police spokeswoman said investigators were trying to establish why she was only reported missing on January 11, despite being missing for five days.
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