British tourist to reenact Outback ordeal

By CNN's Kirsty Alfredson

ALICE SPRINGS, Australia (CNN) -- Joanne Lees, the English tourist abducted in Australia's Outback by a gunman suspected of killing her boyfriend, will reenact her terrifying ordeal for police Wednesday.

The 27 year old has spoken to the media for the first time saying she feels lucky to be alive.

Speaking to the Sydney-based Daily Telegraph the British travel agent described what it was like on Saturday night when she hid in scrub for hours from a gunman and his dog with her hands bound and mouth taped.

"I honestly don't believe this man would have let me go," Lees said.

"Everyone can use their imagination about what it was like for me that night. But I was determined to escape, and I feel very lucky to be alive."

Police however fear for her boyfriend, 28-year-old Peter Falconio whose father and brother arrived in Alice Springs on Wednesday.

'I heard a bang'

Falconio and Lees were holidaying in the remote Northern Territory when they stopped on Saturday night on the Stuart Highway for a man who flagged them down.

London's Daily Telegraph quotes Lees as saying they were driving after watching the sunset when a white four-wheel drive utility drove up alongside.

"The man pointed to the back of our vehicle and motioned for us to stop" she said.

"We stopped and he pulled up behind us. Pete got out and went to the back of our van. The two were talking amicably and I thought everything was OK.

The gunman flagged down the couple's van pointing to the back

"Pete then asked me to rev the engine so I moved to the driver's side and revved the engine. I then heard a bang. I thought it was something to do with the fault with our Kombi.

"The next thing I see, out of the back window, is him with a gun. He then came up to me and he opened the door and told me to switch off the engine and pushed me to the passenger side.

Forensic tests are being carried out on blood has been found at the crime scene.

Lees found by truck drivers

Truck drivers who found Lees just before 2am on Sunday said she stumbled out of the desert's darkness into the glare of their road train's headlights.

Police released this id kit photo of the gunman

Drivers Rodney Adams and Vince Miller removed the tape from her mouth and then freed her hands. She asked where Pete was and for her mother.

She told them the gunman had thrown her into the back of his utility but she was able to untie her ankle binds and flee into scrub

She hid while the captor searched with his dog.

Police say they have received more than 170 calls following the release of an identity kit photo of a gunman suspected of murdering Falconio.