Man wrestles free from freshwater crocodile at remote Queensland waterfall

A man has been airlifted to hospital after wrestling himself free from a crocodile that latched on to his arm at a waterfall in remote north-west Queensland.

The RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter flew the man from Lawn Hill national park to a Mount Isa hospital where he remains in a stable condition with puncture wounds to his arm, hands and leg.

He told rescue crews he had wrestled with the freshwater crocodile before managing to escape.

An aircrew officer, Greig Allan, said the man was in a lot of pain and the bite wounds were deep.

The rescue helicopter was called to the area about 2pm before members of the motorcycle crew drove the man to a nearby airstrip.