‘Mate, there’s rats everywhere and they’re bold as hell’ – Australians menaced by plague of rodents

The rodents are causing havoc in the Gulf Country area of Queensland. Photo: Stock image

Nick Squires
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Rats are destroying cars, clambering on to boats and washing up dead on beaches in northern Australia after a plague of the rodents hit the region.

The vermin have swarmed through the towns of Karumba and Normanton in the Gulf Country area of Queensland.