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Cassowary advice: Lake Eacham day-use area, Crater Lakes National Park
- Category:
- Announcement
- Applies:
- 11 November 2026 to 25 January 2027
- Published:
- 11 November 2026 1:49pm
- ID:
- 27227
This alert applies to the following park:
- Crater Lakes National ParkTropical North Queensland
Visitors are advised that recent reports have been received about cassowaries approaching people around the Lake Eacham day-use area. The birds are displaying behaviours which suggest they have been fed as they are becoming increasingly opportunistic around individuals and groups looking for food items.
- While cassowaries are fascinating, they are also potentially dangerous.
- Please ensure all food, scraps and rubbish are secured and not accessible to cassowaries. Extra vigilance is required around mealtimes.
- Feeding Cassowaries is dangerous to visitors and may lead to illness, injury, and deaths of birds.
- Penalties for feeding wildlife may apply.
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