Warmer weather means more snakes moving around. Mr Rushton says saltwater crocodiles have previously been found in the southern half of the state, but only in small numbers. News
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But now the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is investigating what it says are "credible" reports of a 4.8 metre crocodile at Baffle Creek and croc marks on Round Island in Hervey Bay.
Wildlife officers carried out a site assessment of the area and could not locate a crocodile.
In the past, reports of saltwater crocodiles in the Wide Bay have been treated as urban myths. The first sighting was reported on August 12 after a member of the public said they spotted a crocodile upstream of the Lamington Bridge. News
Crocodile sightings have previously been confirmed by the department in the nearby Mary River.
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The first sighting was reported on August 12 after a member of the public said they spotted a crocodile upstream of the Lamington Bridge.
The security guard who ordered a woman to cover up while sunbathing by the pool has been barred from patrolling her apartment complex and issued an apology. Crocodiles that pose a threat to human safety are targeted for removal under the Queensland Crocodile Management Plan.
A crocodile sighting at Kalah Creek in Poona National Park was reported on May 19. The second sighting was reported on August 18, when a member of the public said they had seen a crocodile in the Mary River downstream of Maryborough.
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"They have always been here and in small numbers and they are sighted from time to time because they are very elusive," he said.
It was the first crocodile sighting of the year in the region. The FBI thinks it's the former, Live: Reaching zero new cases could be 'extraordinarily difficult', Victoria CHO says, NSW records three new locally acquired cases, Liverpool clinic cluster reaches eight infections, Melburnians to 'move more freely' next week but full third step unlikely, Andrews says, Fifty years ago, just before lunchtime, the worlds of 35 families changed forever, Live: All Blacks, Wallabies locked in tight Bledisloe Cup encounter, No new coronavirus cases in Queensland as Labor, LNP make health and car rego promises, 'We can't save every job': Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the Government plans to end JobKeeper in March. Young Queensland workers are losing jobs twice as fast as middle-aged employees, fuelling fears they may never afford a home or have kids. While the unofficial crocodile boundary is the Boyne River, south of Gladstone, several crocodile sightings have been reported in the River Heads area in the past two years.
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Coming from Newcastle in New South Wales, Carlie completed an arts degree before moving to the Fraser Coast.
"Most of the sightings have always turned out to be nothing," he said.
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On May 5 a member of the public reported seeing a crocodile in the Isis River at Burrum Heads. Two waterways outside of ‘croc country’ – the Mary River near Maryborough and the Great Sandy Strait near Hervey Bay – have been classified as “high importance” for croc monitoring following two large estuarine crocodiles confirmed well outside their usual habitat. News
The State Government says crocodiles are rarely seen south of Rockhampton, but naturalist Steve Rushton says they are there.
A SALTWATER crocodile has been spotted at Hervey Bay, less than 300km north of Brisbane.
A member of the public saw what they believed to be a crocodile near the Coolooloi camping area and reported it to DES.
"After each report was received, wildlife officers conducted sight assessments at each location and found no evidence of crocodiles or the presence of crocodiles," a spokesman from the department said.
"I think it is kept quite for tourism or the fact that we are a bit 'predaphobic'," he said.
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More crocs move into southeast Queensland Experts and locals are divided over two reports of a large crocodile in the Wide Bay area in south-east Queensland.
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March was the most frequent month for alleged crocodile sightings, with four reports - one from Scarness Beach (which was later suspected to be a dugong), another at Tin Can Bay and two at Little Tuan Creek in Boonooroo. Young Queensland workers are losing jobs twice as fast as middle-aged employees, fuelling fears they may never afford a home or have kids. There have been two other reported sightings since May. Wildlife officers from the Department of Environment and Science investigated the sighting at Coolooloi on Fraser Island on January 17.
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In every case however, rangers were unable to find a crocodile at the location.
The security guard who ordered a woman to cover up while sunbathing by the pool has been barred from patrolling her apartment complex and issued an apology. "We don't really want to know about crocodiles could be here so the Government keep it pretty quiet and usually if someone sees something the person could be dismissed as a goon or an idiot.". News
Under the Queensland Crocodile Management Plan, the Wide Bay region is in Zone F. This means that any crocodile confirmed to be present, regardless of size, is targeted for removal.
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The animal was spotted at Big Tuan Creek, located between Tin Can Bay and Hervey Bay, on Tuesday.
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On June 18 a report was made of a crocodile in the Mary River at River Heads.
Wildlife officers from the Department of Environment and Science investigated the sighting at Coolooloi on Fraser Island on January 17.
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"They'll go anywhere where the water is warm enough and deep enough," he said. "There's a policeman sighted several crocodiles on Bribie Island in a big lagoon some years ago and there was a sighting in the Brisbane River and the Mary River has quite a lot of crocodiles sightings. In the past, reports of saltwater crocodiles in the Wide Bay have been treated as urban myths. But Richard Jackson, who is a crocodile keeper at Australia Zoo, is sceptical. However, a Queensland animal expert says there are saltwater crocodiles living in waterways in the southern half of the state, but authorities may not admit it because it is bad for tourism.
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THE Fraser Coast has it's first reported crocodile sighting of the year.
But now the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is investigating what it says are "credible" reports of a 4.8 metre crocodile at Baffle Creek and croc marks on Round Island in Hervey Bay.
“The lady who rang me, her son was the one that spotted it,” he said. On the right track but still needs work says chamber chief. Crocodiles are known to be in the far northern areas of Queensland, such as Cairns, due to the warmer water temperatures, which is generally what crocodiles prefer. News
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