Child bitten by goanna at SEQ campground
A “very nasty and savage” south-east Queensland goanna attack has resulted in a young girl being hospitalised on the Gold Coast.
It took at least two people to wrestle the goanna off the eight-year old girl who had been walking through a campground on South Stradbroke Island.
“A young eight-year-old girl, whilst walking through the camping ground, was attacked by a goanna that has made quite a nasty laceration in her foot,” Queensland Ambulance Service senior operations supervisor Jayney Shearman said.
“At the time it was quite difficult to get the goanna off the child, it needed a couple of people to become involved to actually remove it from her foot.”
Paramedics arrived to the camping spot on The Esplanade about 1.10pm on Thursday.
“She was obviously quite distressed about the incident but from a clinical point of view, she had been managed quite well on the island,”Ms Shearman said.
“Any wildlife is notoriously unpredictable.
“On this occasion it was a very nasty and savage attack.”
Volunteer Marine Rescue helped ferry the girl off the island, in a stable condition, to Gold Coast University Hospital.