OH! Magazine - Australian Version April 2015 | Page 28

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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE
CROCOSAURUS KIND!
Toni Krasicki gets up close and personal with the Top End’s favourite export.
ou may not reaslise, but there are
200 crocodiles living in the heart
of Darwin city, right next door to a
Backpacker’s hostel and a pub! And if
that isn’t freaky enough, another 300 or
so are caught in the harbour every year
and relocated to more ‘croc friendly’
environments.

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It is Australia’s Top End, after all, so you
can’t really go all the way to Darwin and
not spend time with these iconic
prehistoric looking beasts.
The culprit harbouring these crocs is
Crocosaurus Cove, which is conveniently
located down the road from my hotel
(thankfully not next door).
Crocosaurus Cove is th