Croc on Fraser Island

Not necessarily Brian....the OP mentions the western side of the island rather than the eastern side where this mediawatch story has mentioned.

They "could" have been sighted down to Fraser Island, not out the realms of being possible.

Whether the 2 stories are related is unsure...i would think that the bundy media would be aware of the fake one (and the embarrasment that went with the "exclusive" story by the paper)

Andrew

The Media Watch story was in 2006. So I doubt they are related.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if the story is true.

The crocs are certainly heading south.

There are lots of old reports of crocs as far south as Brisbane early in the 20th Century.

I think you wild find that with the increased numbers these days, the big males are forcing the smaller males out of the more desirable territory up North. One of the by products of protecting them will be, over time, their return to a similar distribution to before they were hunted to near extinction.

Add Global warming and they migt soon be swimming up the Yarra.

Norm C

Thanks for that Norm, i assumed that the mediawatch story was recent when Brian posted this link without looking into the date closely.

Andrew

We were excited about our house, on a hill 5kms from Curl Curl, becoming beachfront on the new costline. Now you tell me that we'll have crocs in the backyard!!
Bugga!!!

The news just said that there have been several seperate sightings including today. The Parks and Wildlife are now going to erect warning signs.
As for going after them in the dark in a tinny... maybe a 6m tinny LOL
My boss at my old job (ie 5 weeks ago) told me that he has seen many crocs in the river at calliope but only at night and also inside the comet weir when he was working there years ago.

They are around.

Cheers
Dave