Crocosaurus Cove

Crocosaurus Cove is the place to go to see the crocs up close. You will see later just how close. We met my sister Jodi and two of her kids Rosie and Joel there because Croc Cove is Rosie's favourite place on Earth. Seriously the animal handlers there all know her by name!

So we got to show the boys what a Barramundi looks like. Daddy was hoping to show them what one looks like on the end of a hook but as he spent his whole fishing trip spewing over the side of the boat THAT didn't happen! They had to settle for ones in tanks! (There are photos of him doing this but my brother in law reckons what goes on on the boat stays on the boat!)

These crocs are sunning themselves in there enclosure but they have little pop up windows where you climb into them and there they are!

We then went into the reptile section. We were just in time for some handling of the animals! Ekkk!

This is an Olive Python.... known to have eaten small dogs!!!!

These three were great mates real quick!

Then it was onto the blue tongue lizards....

and Dragons......

Ben was thrilled except the lizard kept trying to escape. There was no way i was touching it! It could have run off through the croc enclosure and I still wouldn't have touched any of them!

Ryan found him quite awkward to handle.

Daddy was quite comfortable with it wrapped around his neck!






My favourite were the ones behind glass! I did really think the geckos were cool! Although i didn't notice the friend in the photo until after!

The boys spent ages trying to get this frill necked lizard to frill its neck! They mustn't be that annoying! Who'd have thought!

Next on the agenda was nursing a croc. Oxymoron that phrase isn't it!

This is Rosie's favourite animal. She would love to have one as a pet. Which apparently lunatics do up there!

This poor croc was manhandled by a lot of Southerners!

I wasn't convinced that the rubber about around it's snout was big enough!

Benny thought he was really heavy!

Nath made the croc look tiny!

I made myself have a hold. Keeping my eye on the rubber band the whole time! They felt weird! They are cold and heavy and soft and hard at the same time! Weird!

The cousins had a bonding experience over lethal animals!

This was Matthew's highlight......

First Daddy got in to test the waters.....

And yes, that is a croc to Matthews left! When we said "If you boys cant sit still in the car we are going to feed you to the crocodiles!" We meant it!

Again the Dare Devil was cool!

But Benny screamed "Daddy please don't feed me to the crocodiles!"











Just when Matthew thought his day couldn't get any better.......

He got to feed a freshy! Seriously they hang a piece of meat off a fishing rod and the crocs launch themselves out of the water to get it!

So you saw how far out of the water Matthew's croc jumped right......


Can you see where my idiot husbands arm is!!!!!

Yes that is right not only is he hanging it over the edge he is also holding onto the string with the meat on it!

Should I submit this photo to the Darwin Awards?

Then it was back to check out the big guys feeding. Thankfully they don't allow visitors to do these guys. Could you imagine my idiot husband?????