Call for lake freshwater crocs to go

TABLELANDS business owners and frequent visitors to the area want the State Government to remove freshwater crocodiles living in the region’s lakes, citing a detrimental effect on tourism.

Tolga Country Lodge owner Tanya Pezzerato said the crocs, including one which has been seen in Lake Eacham ( pictured), had to go.

“I think they should get rid of them. The backpackers here do question us for safety reasons, they are a deterrent for them,” she said.

“The little freshie at Eacham wouldn’t bother me but it would be frightening for them.” But a spokesman for the Department of Environment and Science said rangers would not remove freshwater crocodiles because they did not pose a risk to humans.