Australian couple stranded in the Outback were stalked by giant crocodile for days after their car was washed away in a flood

A missing couple were followed by a giant crocodile for days in Australia’s remote north after their vehicle was swept away by a flood, leaving them stranded.

The pair, in their 50s, spent three days in the Gulf Country, northwest of Queensland’s Staaten River National Park, exposed to the elements after their four-wheel drive was washed away by raging floods.

The couple were brought to safety on Saturday and told rescuers that the beast chased them as they endured 40 degree Celsius heat without food during the day and freezing temperatures for two nights. The only drinking water they had came from the crocodile infested river.

The couple became stranded for the first time when they tried to drive their vehicle through a river crossing, but it was washed away by a large wave of flood water.

They told rescuers they had to climb out of the passenger window to escape, while the male driver swam back into the vehicle to free their two dogs.

Without phones, the couple wrote two large SOS signs in the mud and hoped someone would find them.

A friend reported them missing on Saturday after they failed to arrive in Kowanyama, on the central west coast of Cape York, after leaving Normanton on Thursday.

A LifeFlight rescue crew took off from the Mount Isa base on Saturday morning and located the couple and their dogs after seeing the SOS sign.

The pilot was able to land the helicopter on the road next to the river before Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics assessed the patients.

They were treated for dehydration and exposure and were loaded into the rescue helicopter with their two dogs and flown to Normanton Hospital for further treatment.