A woman has revealed how she survived six days in Australia's remote Outback by drinking pasta sauce, windscreen wiper water and her own urine.

Mount Gambier woman Brooke Phillips was travelling to a community near the Western Australian, Northern Territory and South Australian borders last month when she took a wrong turn and her car became bogged.

The 40-year-old, travelling with her cat and dog, said she underestimated the danger and drank all her water on the first night, just half a litre.

Brooke Phillips was found after spending six days in desert near the tri-state border. ( Supplied: Blackstone Police )

"I was hyperventilating and I thought 'nothing is going right, no-one will find me', but luckily someone did," Ms Phillips told the ABC.

She was found by her 16-year-old daughter who was travelling with community members as part of a large land and air search involving emergency services.

The WA community of Blackstone, about 1,700 kilometres north-east of Perth, recorded temperatures of up to 35 degrees in the week that Ms Phillips was missing.

The temperature inside her black four-wheel-drive soared despite her efforts to cover the windows with towels and use the air-conditioning until she ran out of fuel.

On the second night she collected a few millilitres of rainwater, but as the days wore on she began to ration liquid-based food.

Among the items in her car were pasta sauce, coconut cream, a tin of tomatoes, lemon juice and pure red cordial.

Some of the unpalatable, but life-saving foods that Ms Phillips had in her car. ( ABC Goldfields-Esperance: Isabel Moussalli )

"I was trying to eat a Cruskit, and if you don't have anything to drink with it then it's just sticking to your mouth, it's not going down," she said.

"I then got my t-shirt, ripped it in half and I drained the water out of the windscreen wiper container and just started drinking that.

"I won't lie, I drank my own urine on the last day because I was thinking I'm getting to desperate measures and no-one is coming out here.

"I suppose that saved me."

Police say she was lucky to survive

WA Police Inspector Craig Davis said her family raised the alarm after a few days, triggering a land and air search involving 12 police officers and about 20 community members.

Inspector Davis said the woman was not prepared for the harsh environment but praised her for staying with her vehicle.

"She was very lucky [to survive] bogged on a track in the middle of nowhere," he said.

"It was just unfortunate that not one person drove past her during the whole time."

Ms Phillips said she was rescued just in time.

"I was sitting in the car and I thought 'if I have to do one more day I just don't know if I'm going to make it'," she said.

A remote track near the tri-state border similar to the conditions faced by Ms Phillips. ( ABC Goldfields-Esperance: Rhiannon Stevens )

"I started to think 'no-one is going to find me, no-one loves me, why hasn't anyone found me yet?'"

Ms Phillips described the "awesome" moment when her daughter found her, 30km from the closest community.

"When she came to my car I was actually in shock, I didn't hear them pull up behind," she said.

She was taken back to the Blackstone community for a medical check where she shocked nurses who thought she would be in a worse state of health.

Her pets also survived the ordeal.

Three deaths in three weeks

While there are many Outback survival cases like Ms Phillips', her story is a rare positive outcome among three devastating recent cases in regional WA.

Hiker Kismatul Muzahid, prospector Ronald Potter and motorcyclist Daniel Price have died over the past month from suspected dehydration. ( Supplied: WA Police and Facebook )

In separate cases, Kismatul Muzahid died during a hiking trip in Kalbarri National Park, experienced motorcyclist Daniel Price died suddenly in the remote Kimberley, and last week the body of elderly prospector Ronald Potter was found in bushland near Coolgardie.

Earlier this month, four people were found dead near an abandoned car in the Northern Territory.

WA Police regional commander Jo McCabe said she feared there will be more fatalities this summer.

"We fear this all the time because people are just not prepared when they're travelling in remote and regional locations," she said.

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Ensure you have sufficient fuel and at least two spare tyres Ensure you have detailed current maps

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Check road conditions with local government offices and transport and roads websites Plan alternative routes in case your original route is inaccessible

Plan alternative routes in case your original route is inaccessible Ensure you invest in an EPIRB or personal locator beacon

Ensure you invest in an EPIRB or personal locator beacon Satellite phones are invaluable and will ensure rescuers can get to you as fast as possible if you need assistance

Satellite phones are invaluable and will ensure rescuers can get to you as fast as possible if you need assistance If you are travelling to very remote areas, make sure you have high-frequency and CB radios with you

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Commander McCabe urged all travellers to carry at least three days' worth of water for all people on the journey and invest in a personal locator beacon or satellite phone.

"The number one rule for us is stay with your vehicle," she said.

"I know people try to walk or try find a farming property, but when you're out in remote locations it's easy to become lost or disorientated."

Commander McCabe said WA Police have responded to about 100 searches for missing people this year, which was "about average" for the state.

Ms Phillips said she was shocked to hear about the recent spate of Outback deaths and has now advised all travellers to read up on survival skills.

"I've got 20 litres of water in my car now, even if I'm going 50km down the road," she said.

"That's the life of being out bush.

"I've seen it on TV when people go missing when they go out bush, and now I'm one of those people."