Crocs washed onto the streets as rivers rise
TOWNSVILLE residents have reported several crocodile sightings across the city as floodwaters continue to rise.
A three metre crocodile was reportedly sighted by emergency services on Bowen Rd near Rosslea on Sunday night.
Erin Hahn shared a photo of a freshwater crocodile spotted in front of her father Shaun's house on O'Reilly St, Mundingburra.
"He saw a small freshwater croc and called my family out to look," she said.
"[The] property is fine, water lapping at the footpath.
"[The croc] swam off back down the street."
Ms Hahn said her father had once lived in the Northern Territory and wasn't bothered by the crocodile.
Earlier today resident Helen Murdoch shared a photo of a freshwater crocodile climbing a tree to avoid rapidly flowing floodwaters was shared to a Facebook page for residents in Annandale.
The reptile was spotted by Ms Murdoch's friend roughly between Palmetum and the Good Shepherd Home.
