PARKS and wildlife officer Bruce Ridden was posting photos of missing German backpacker Margarida Farinha on a noticeboard when he noticed the 18-year-old stroll into the Wineglass Bay carpark.
Miss Farinah was blissfully unaware of growing fears for her safety that had triggered a frantic two-day search.
Rather than being in danger, as her family in Germany feared, Miss Farinah was having the time of her life exploring the Freycinet Peninsula.
"It was awesome, it's so nice. The best place in the world," she said.
But she was sorry for causing so much alarm and said she was touched by how much Tasmanians cared for her safety.
Her parents raised the alarm on Sunday after Ms Farinah, from Lisbon, Portugal, did not make her daily phone call.
She said she had tried to contact her family but her mobile phone service did not have coverage on Tasmania's East Coast.
Bicheno constable Allan Skeggs said police involved in the search had been tormented by this month's 20th anniversary of the unsolved disappearance of German backpacker Nancy Grunwaldt.
But shortly after 1pm yesterday, once Constable Skeggs and Parks and Wildlife visitor Service co-ordinator David Adams had Miss Farinha and her Canadian companion Ivan Jenkinson safely on the beach at Coles Bay, they were all smiles.
Miss Farinah said the three nights of camping at Wineglass Bay "was awesome, just magic".
Six days earlier she had unexpectedly bumped into Mr Jenkinson at the Sorell library's internet access desk.
She had met him on a previous five-month Australian working holiday and they decided to hitch hike to Coles Bay.
Miss Farinha said a couple who picked them up, and invited them to camp at their Dolphin Sands home, before dropping them off near Coles Bay, must have played a part in guiding the police search.
Miss Farinha said she and Mr Jenkinson had camped at the Wineglass Bay campsite for three nights and had spent the days exploring the Freycinet Peninsula.
The backpackers were taken to the Bicheno police station so they could make long overdue phone calls to their families.
Miss Farinha, who is spending her gap year, between high school and university, in Australia, said she had also learned the importance of signing the walker registration books at National Park entrances.
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