Catching Crocs

                                      Koolpinyah has a permit to catch crocodiles that are a

nuisance to cattle.  These crocs are relocated to Crocodilus Park

in Darwin.  If they are suitable they are used for breeding, if not

they are used for meat and skins.

About the 3rd week that we started here this croc was caught in a tiny little dam.

The photos aren't great as I had a plaster on and was on crutches, then my battery ran out.

The photo above are the men ontop of the cage. The men pull the nose up and tape it shut.

The crocodile is then dragged a little bit out of the trap and kept pinned with the gate. 

Remember it's nose is taped shut and it also has a rope around it's nose as well.

They then tape a hessian bag over the crocs eyes, apparently if the croc can't see

it settles right down.

The croc is then pulled the remainder of the way out and it's legs tied.  It is then put on

the back of a truck and taken off to the the croc farm where it is weighed and measured.

This croc was just under 4 metres, but the tip was missing off the end of it's tail

so they said it would have easily been 4 metres.

There was actually a shot of me on the croc taken, so when I get it I'll post it.

Hope everyone has a great day.

 

A couple of shots from Minimere a couple of weekends ago.

Lyn, Jamie, Jay Todd and John swimming at Minimere.
Walking to the deep holes.

John having a troll at Minimere.

When Todd and Jamie came back from fishing the other day, Todd said there

is no way he was going out again as a 15ft croc tailed them in the boat

Too Scary. He never worried us before, but is getting a bit cheeky.

Bella Glen

I thought I would load a few more photos from the June holidays.
These are a few shots of the kids swimming again. The spot is
called Bella Glen and is really pretty. The spot is full of little
freshwater crocs, which doesn't seem to worry the kids.
Now me I'm quite content to watch! The one above is Macca in mid
air and shows you the height they were swinging from.

Here is another one of Macca in Mid Air (too cheeky)!
See the beautiful rockfaces behind.
Here is
Todd about
to take
off!

Todd
in
mid
air....

Jay ready to take take off.




Here is
my
little
balle-
rina
in
mid
air!

Are there crocs in the waterholes?

Yvonne Bauer and her girls (Brunchilly Station) were asking if there were any crocs in the waterholes. Yes! There is. We swim in the waterholes that are in the rocks, they are like big swimming pools. The water is fairly clear and you can see to the bottom. We swim in a couple of bigger waterholes that the locals sometimes swim in, that we know no crocs are in, we're always looking around though. LOL

Here is one of the smaller holes.