A boy is being treated for minor injuries after being bitten by a dingo on Fraser Island-K'gari off southern Queensland.
The Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) confirmed paramedics were responding to reports that a boy had been bitten by a dingo at Orchid Beach at 9:30am.
"It was a father and son on the beach who walked past a mob of dingoes that were relaxing on the sand," a QAS spokesperson said.
"One of the juveniles got up and started walking towards the child — as the child turned around he stumbled in the sand and he fell, and then the dingo advanced onto that child."
The boy's father managed to scare away the dingo before an off-duty registered nurse treated the boy for minor injuries to his knee and hand.
Paramedics assessed the child, but no further treatment was required.
Rangers had initially reported two dingoes being involved in the attack.
The incident comes less than two weeks after a female dingo and two pups lunged at a father and son on K'gari.
A spokesperson for the Department of Environment said it was a reminder for people to be cautious around dingoes on the island.
"Dingoes will occasionally approach humans, because they are naturally curious.
"They should be treated with absolute caution. Remember, these are wild and unpredictable animals."
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