Fraser Island dingo attack thwarted after father scares off wild animal after boy ‘advanced on’

A father has scared off a dingo which “advanced on” his son while they were walking on a beach on Fraser Island.

The nine-year-old boy received abrasions after the incident at Orchid Beach on Thursday morning.

The pair were walking past a mob of dingoes when a juvenile began following the child.

“As the child turned around, he stumbled in the sand and fell over,” a duty paramedic said.

“The dingo has then advanced on to that child.

“He was scared away then by the child’s father.

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