Baby crocodiles found in Mount Isa pool

Swimmers at a public pool in north-west Queensland got a weekend surprise when they found they were sharing the water with a family of baby freshwater crocodiles.

The crocodiles were found at the Mount Isa pool as it opened on Sunday.

Pool Manager Brian Rodriquez told the ABC that a swimmer told him "'Brian I don't mean to alarm you but I think there's a crocodile in the pool'.

"We got everyone out of the water and we ended up finding five baby crocs swimming around.

"Then we found another two wandering around on the concrete after that as well."

On Sunday evening yet another two crocodiles were found in the complex, taking the total to nine crocodiles.

Rodriquez was tasked with catching all of the baby crocodiles, adding that the thought did cross his mind as to whether their parents may be nearby.

Staff are now reviewing CCTV footage to see if they can find out how the crocodiles came to be in the pool.

Rodriquez told the ABC that he has his own theory, adding "my guess would be that somebody's just jumped the fence or chucked them in the pool and they've found their way to the water.

"Judging by their size - they'll be a few weeks old - so maybe someone's picked them up, probably from the lake, and taken them home.

"Then they've either dumped them here to be funny, or they weren't sure what to do with them now being that little bit bigger."

Ironically, it is not the first crocodile encounter at the Mt Isa aquatic centre.

Three years ago a one-and-a-half metre crocodile was found on the grass next to the 50-metre pool.

It is still not clear how that animal came to be inside the pool grounds.

The baby crocodiles are expected to be released back into the wild.