flipflop wrote:Mate, you should be getting paid a commission by the Aussie tourist board, you're selling it well. If'n we do come out some time next year I will make a point of hiring a 4x4 - the little Toyota car was good fun but I was always wondering what lay beyond the main highway in the real bush. I'll find you and stand you a tinny from the nearest bottle-o
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19 D 20 wrote:Would there be croc's in a swimming hole like that ?
No, it's too far south and it's also a long way inland.
The far Northern areas have the Crocs and then it's only the salt water crocodile that'll really stuff you up.
In the Kimberly (Northwest) for example, you'll find fresh water crocs in some of the inland fresh water spots, but the nature of the coastline (the water flow to the ocean over a plateau) means that the salties can't get in.
That's not to say if it's fresh water you're always safe.
Some areas of the Kimberly are accessable from the ocean via the rivers, and salties can be present so a knowledge of the area is a must.
Moving further across the top and there's water holes etc that appear isolated, and safe, but flooding in the wet season, and a large increase in numbers since culling/hunting was banned, will see them move over land some distance.
Sorry, if my description is a bit confusing but the North, although only a part of the country, is still a large area so I've tried to generalise.
Swimming and fishing is just something you have to approach with care across the top.
Behaviour around known croc locations is also something people have to consider.
For example, visit the same point of the river bank repeatedly, and they'll get wind of it, and be in waiting.
Filleting fish on the river bank, and having a dog running around slashing in the water, and you're just plain asking for trouble.
All sounds bad, but on the whole, do it right and there's no problem.
It's not like there's people getting snatched by crocs all the time, usually just somebody doing something stupid.
And then there's the grog.-
ALMOST a third of crocodile attack victims in Australia have been affected by alcohol, a study shows.http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16981583-29277,00.htmlCheers
Swagnit.