Kate Ritchie has shared a ‘near-death’ experience with a crocodile while the radio star was holidaying at a Queensland resort over the weekend.
The former Home and Away star posted a photo of herself wearing a one-piece swimsuit while looking out over the deck of the Sheraton Mirage in Port Douglas, along with a large red arrow pointing to the pool.
A second image showed a crocodile lurking in the sun at the bottom of the hotel’s lagoon-style pool.
‘Kate’s “near-death” encounter with a Crocodile,’ she wrote in the caption, crediting TikTok user Lisa Keller with the photo of the creature.
Keller filmed the incident over the weekend during her holiday in Far North Queensland.
Kate’s followers appeared to be amused by the star’s cheeky post about the reptile.
Kate Ritchie has shared a ‘near-death’ experience with a crocodile while the radio star was holidaying at a Queensland resort over the weekend
An image showed a crocodile lurking in the sun at the bottom of the hotel’s lagoon-style pool
‘Can’t even trust a pool for a swim,’ commented one follower, while another added, ‘Haha near death, as if. It’s bloody tiny.’
A third joked: ‘The paparazzi are getting clever with their disguises!!’
Keller made headlines when she shared the close encounter with the croc to her TikTok page on Saturday.
‘I don’t want to alarm anyone, but there is a crocodile in the Sheraton pool,’ she said in the video.
In a second video uploaded shortly afterwards, Keller showed nonchalant guests around the pool who continued sunbaking on lounge chairs.
Staff warned guests to avoid swimming in the pool for the time being as the reptile had yet to be removed.
One of them told Keller they were trying to work out the best way to relocate the crocodile.
Social media users were aghast at the shocking situation, but many chose to joke about how the saltwater creature was enjoying the chlorinated pool.
The former Home and Away star posted a photo of herself wearing a one-piece swimsuit while looking out over the deck of the Sheraton Mirage in Port Douglas, along with a large red arrow pointing to the pool
‘That’s a Chlorine Croc, they are harmless,’ one man said.
‘Why is the water spicy – the croc probably,’ a woman wrote.
‘He’s on vacay,’ a third person said.
‘When I was a little girl, I used to have an irrational fear of crocodiles getting in pools, and now you’re telling me 20 years later, it’s completely rational,’ a fourth said.
The Sheraton Mirage is a four-star hotel with the cheapest rooms starting at $400 a night, while its most expensive rooms reach up to $1,900 per night.
In Far North Queensland, crocodiles getting into pools is not unheard of.
After Cyclone Jasper ripped through the region in 2023, another crocodile was found in one family’s backyard pool.
Wildlife experts have warned anyone who comes across such a scene to practice extreme caution, however as the predators still pose a risk.
When contacted by Daily Mail, the Sheraton Mirage confirmed the incident occurred but would not provide any comments.
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Kate Ritchie has a ‘near-death’ experience with a crocodile at a luxury hotel in Queensland