Mother, son found alive after 11 days in bush

By Lisa Allan
Updated October 13 2017 - 6:51am, first published 6:50am
LUCKY ESCAPE: Michelle Small, top, and her son Dylan Deane after they were rescued in Mount Royal National Park, north of Singleton, on Thursday. The mother and son spent 11 days lost in bushland. Inset pictures: Channel Seven
LUCKY ESCAPE: Michelle Small, top, and her son Dylan Deane after they were rescued in Mount Royal National Park, north of Singleton, on Thursday. The mother and son spent 11 days lost in bushland. Inset pictures: Channel Seven

A woman and her 9-year-old son have survived for 11 days without food in remote bushland in the Hunter Valley, using leaves to collect water and sharing a pair of shoes, authorities say.

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