The 51-year-old had a narrow escape from the animal while snorkelling off a luxury island in Queensland.
An Australian man has escaped with his life after being attacked by a saltwater crocodile while snorkelling at an exclusive Queensland resort.
Mr McGowan said he was in the water with a group of people about 28km off Haggerstone Island near Cape York when he was bitten from behind. The crocodile - suspected to be a juvenile - came back for another go, he said, but he was able to push it away, suffering a bite to his hand. Haggerstone Island Resort describes itself as a "family-owned, exclusive luxury resort". The entire island, some 600km north of Cairns, is available for hire at $7,600 a night.In February, rangers shot a 4.2m crocodile that attacked a man and ate his dog at a remote boat ramp north of Cairns.
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