Mountain Creek goanna attack sends man to Caloundra Hospital

A face-to-face encounter with a large lizard at a Sunshine Coast home has ended in a hospital visit for one man while a young boy has been bitten by a snake. Latest here.

A man has been transported to hospital after a goanna attack in Mountain Creek. Picture: Eric Holland.

A man in his 50s has been taken to hospital after he was reportedly attacked by a goanna at a Mountain Creek home on December 27.

A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said paramedics were called to the Causeway Court home at 1.27pm to reports he had been injured in the attack.

The man suffered leg injuries, the spokeswoman said, and was taken to Caloundra Hospital in a stable condition.

It comes after a young boy was bitten by a snake at Maroochydore on the same day.

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A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said paramedics were called to the scene at the Cotton Tree Park access at 2.17pm on December 27 to reports a boy, who was younger than school-aged, had been bitten.

He was taken to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.

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Back in 2019, Channel 9 reported a Toogoolawah man was attacked by a goanna while trying to rescue a family of peacocks and a paramedic who came to the man’s aide was also attacked.

That came after a girl, 8, was attacked by a goanna in January, 2019, at a South Stradbroke Island campsite.

Originally published as Mountain Creek goanna attack sends man to Caloundra Hospital