Donna Jones
A five-year-old boy was airlifted to Hervey Bay Hospital in a stable condition with wounds to his head, right side, upper back and hands after a reported dingo (wongari) attack on K’Gari (Fraser Island) at 4.16pm on Sunday 18 December.
The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) is investigating the attack near the remote Ocean Lake camping area.
It’s believed the boy was playing on the beach, with his parents nearby, when the wongari jumped on him and started biting him.
He sustained multiple minor bites before his father managed to get the animal off him.
The boy and his family were driven by Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) to a helipad on the island, where he was airlifted, escorted by his mother, to Hervey Bay Airport and from there local QAS paramedics transported him to hospital by road.
According to a statement from the Department of Environment and Science, QPWS rangers are providing assistance to the family, and will investigate to determine which dingo was involved – they do not believe the wongari was provoked.
