Crocodiles!!!

This entry is about Crocodiles, the big bastards. These things grow up to 8.5 meters in length and become lethal to humans after 1.5m. We saw a couple today that were 4.5 – 5.0m and they looked bloody huge, I can't imagine what a 8.5 grand-daddy would look like. Very scary animal.

Now how did we get to see the crocodiles? Well that is a somewhat boring story that goes like this. We hired a rental van from Cairns, his name is Remy and he will be our wheels, home and magnet for any young female Danish backpackers that need a lift down the coast. It is our intention to drive to Sydney over the next 19 days (a good 2500 km south), so we got in the van for Day 1 of our adventure and headed north for some stupid reason. On the way north we passed by a sign stating crocodile farm 400m on the left. It was a quick vote in the van, 1 vote no (Andi) vs. 2 votes yes (Dion and Gnameless Gnome). We pulled in and went to see the saltwater beasts.

I said it before, they are big bastards, and we lucked out because it was feeding day!!!! On the menu, fish, not that it would matter, these things would probably eat a shopping cart if it was dangling in front of them. These are our video clips and shots of the impressive leftovers of the Jurassic Era. We were only a couple of feet away from them and after seeing the power they have I think my only defense if one got a hold of me would be to crap myself out of spite insuring that his afternoon snack would be ruined.

Later on we went swimming in the Mossman Gorge. We talked to several locals to ensure that we weren't getting into crocodile territory (it's called being croc-wise). I got sunburned again, I obviously haven't been following Baz Lurmans instructions.