Dingo filmed at Sunshine Beach State School, Noosa, Sunshine Coast

Footage has emerged of a wild dingo sniffing around the entrance of a Sunshine Coast primary school, with locals saying they’re worried for the safety of young children. See the footage.

Footage has emerged of a wild dingo sniffing around the entrance of a Sunshine Coast primary school, with locals saying they’re worried for the safety of the young children.

A young Noosa couple were driving home past Sunshine Beach State Primary School on recently when they spotted the dingo.

Shenai Palmer, 24, of Sunshine Beach, said she couldn’t believe it.

“I’ve never heard of them being in the area,” she said.

“I didn’t think they were around this area.

“So quiet so surprising.”

She said it was definitely a dingo.

Dingo filmed at Sunshine Beach State School, Noosa, Sunshine Coast

“It was definitely wild,” she said.

“No collar or anything.

“Very much a dingo.”

Ms Palmer said it was concerning seeing it so close to a school with young children.

The footage comes off the back of growing concerns following a raft of children being attacked by the animal around the state.

Last year there were more than 30 high-risk interactions on K’gari between humans and dingoes – also known as wongari – including a 23-year-old woman being chased into the ocean, an attack on a six-year-old girl, and a 10-year-old boy being dragged under water.

In January this year a girl under 10 was attacked by a dingo while swimming with her family at Hook Point on the island.

She was near adults when it’s understood a dingo approached and bit her multiple times, causing cuts and puncture wounds to her thigh and buttocks.

Originally published as Dingo filmed at Sunshine Beach State School, Noosa, Sunshine Coast