Crossing on dusk, walked across 4 times
 

Crossing on dusk, walked across 4 times

by Ted
(NSW)

1991, ferry was there but we were younger and hadn't seen a croc for the whole trip.

Got there late afternoon, about croc teatime, 4 motorbikes, so walking across, back, across, back, across, back, and across, so that's 7 times pushing a tinny with our bikes in it one at a time, then our backup, traytop landcruiser straight through no problem, then camped near the north bank and laughed half the night, not sure what the crocs thought of the noise, in hindsight pretty sure they would have been watching, maybe the tinny was enough to discourage them.

A bit later, in the dark, a Japanese fella we had been seeing a bit pushed his bike across by himself, and we thought we were a bit crazy !!

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Apr 25, 2014
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starstarstarstarstar 		Hi Ted,
by: Katrin

Impressive - and scary stuff.

The crocs are definitely there, and would have been watching too!
Jan 08, 2019
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starstarstarstarstar 		Japanese tucker and crocs
by: Drew

Maybe the crocs up there dont like Japanese tucker, and the guys pushing the boat didnt tell us their nationality but the crocs knew.... cunning buggers
Jan 01, 2021
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by: Anonymous

I have to ask what month in 1991, as think I saw that crazy Japanese man on the motorbike too.

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