Groper Creek Crocodile

He/she certainly looks pretty fit.

..silly question, .. were you ever tempted to ' swim ' there?

Huge - reminds me of a few years back - was taking photos at Ivanhoe Crossing - Kunnanurra - bloke crossing over in his 4wd - when I got them home and on the big screen - in the corner nearest us of the photo - there was a very ugly head eying us off.
Lucky I didn't know he was there - might have dropped the camera in fright. Apparently kids swim in this spot all the time - go figure

They just pulled a 3.5 metre saltie out of the Katherine Gorge.

If you go on a boat up the Gorge the operator in his talk will inform everyone there are only fresh water crocs in the Gorge.

They don't want to scare the tourists.




Tjilpi

My family used to ski in Groper creek right beside the jetty, and I often swam near the jetty as a kid. BTW the Groper Creek reserve is currently under water.

Yeah. The current caretaker at the reserve says he used to swim there as a kid. It was a sandy beach at the junction of Mosquito Ck. then. They have some good photos of crocs taken recently by one of their grandkids. I bet it's under water now. They got two lots of flooding last year. If you look on my orofile photos, you'll see the Groper Ck. kiosk on high foundations. Last years flood got to the bottom of the phone box. Come the dry, you're flat out seeing a croc.. Doesn't mean they don't see you though. Cheers.

Roger B.........