{"id":103549,"date":"2025-10-27T14:10:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T14:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/103549\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T14:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T14:10:14","slug":"boy-14-in-hospital-after-crocodile-attack-while-fishing-at-far-north-queensland-beach-queensland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/103549\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy, 14, in hospital after crocodile attack while fishing at far north Queensland beach | Queensland"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 14-year-old boy has been hospitalised after he was attacked by a crocodile while fishing at a beach in far north Queensland<\/a>, authorities said.<\/p>\n

He sustained wounds to his leg and torso on Saturday afternoon at Myall beach, Cape Tribulation, a small coastal community 140km north of Cairns, a Queensland ambulance service spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

The teenager was in a stable condition on Monday, the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service confirmed.<\/p>\n

He had been fishing in thigh-high water before the attack, a Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Detsi officer has confirmed the wounds are consistent with a crocodile attack,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

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After the attack, the teenager was moved to nearby accommodation, where guests and locals performed initial first aid, the ABC reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Detsi officers immediately launched a search of the area, including drones and a boat spotlight search. They found no sign of the crocodile.<\/p>\n

Map showing location of reported crocodile attack in far north Queensland<\/a><\/p>\n

The department would continue to monitor the area and had installed additional crocodile warning signage, supplementing the permanent signs at all beach access points.<\/p>\n

October marks the start of the annual crocodile breeding season in the area.<\/p>\n

Detsi\u2019s website states<\/a> male crocodiles \u201cbecome especially sassy when looking for a mate\u201d during this period, potentially increasing risk.<\/p>\n

There had been four crocodile sightings around Cape Tribulation in the past month, according to Detsi data<\/a>, with the most recent report near Mason Creek on 22 October.<\/p>\n

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The Queensland Tourism Industry Council chief executive, Natassia Wheeler, said crocodiles were an important part of the ecosystem in far north Queensland.<\/p>\n

The tourism industry actively encouraged visitors to be educated and informed on wildlife risks, \u201cas you would anywhere in the world,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur thoughts are with the young person who has been impacted.\u201d<\/p>\n

The QTIC recently held a roundtable with media on \u201cthe importance of factual reporting that informs and educates the public without overstating incidents in a way that could unfairly impact tourism operators\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 14-year-old boy has been hospitalised after he was attacked by a crocodile while fishing at a beach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[273,111,139,69,147],"class_list":{"0":"post-103549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}