. . . why you never smile at a crocodile . . .
Want to know how families spend their school holidays in the Crocodile mad Northern Territory?? Visiting crocodile farms of course & I can assure you, Crocodylus is the BEST!! Not only do you get a very informative tour guide with fascinating information plus a dose of comedy (like "don't run in a zig zag if a crocodile is chasing you as he'll run straight", & to determine the gender of the crocodile, it's temperature dependent, i.e. 30C incubation to make females, 32C to make males). Oh, at the end of the tour, everyone is invited to hold a crocodile for photo opportunties. I'm almost embarrassed to say the first 4 children in the queue where all my children, Darwin born & bred. So I share with you some photos of the park, which now includes lions, tigers, leopards, kangeroos, emus, lizards, turtles, dingoes & far too many monkeys for my liking. They have lots of massive crocodiles which they have rescued, so many are missing limbs - not sure about the people who caught them!! So enjoy the snaps, excuse the pun . . . first up, this is a young female crocodile sunbaking . . . 
a small male in the breeding pens
a big male in the breeding pens
our children with their Sydney cousin, looking at monkeys
sorry, I just don't like monkeys, this one is looking at me like it wants to scratch my eyes out 
kangaroos munching
American alligater pool "no swimming"
our Roar with a new friend, a leopard kitten named Chloe
turtles, really big sea turtles
Want to know how families spend their school holidays in the Crocodile mad Northern Territory?? Visiting crocodile farms of course & I can assure you, Crocodylus is the BEST!! Not only do you get a very informative tour guide with fascinating information plus a dose of comedy (like "don't run in a zig zag if a crocodile is chasing you as he'll run straight", & to determine the gender of the crocodile, it's temperature dependent, i.e. 30C incubation to make females, 32C to make males). Oh, at the end of the tour, everyone is invited to hold a crocodile for photo opportunties. I'm almost embarrassed to say the first 4 children in the queue where all my children, Darwin born & bred. So I share with you some photos of the park, which now includes lions, tigers, leopards, kangeroos, emus, lizards, turtles, dingoes & far too many monkeys for my liking. They have lots of massive crocodiles which they have rescued, so many are missing limbs - not sure about the people who caught them!! So enjoy the snaps, excuse the pun . . . first up, this is a young female crocodile sunbaking . . . 
a group of young males sunbaking (below)
a small male in the breeding pensa big male in the breeding pensour children with their Sydney cousin, looking at monkeyssorry, I just don't like monkeys, this one is looking at me like it wants to scratch my eyes out kangaroos munching American alligater pool "no swimming"our Roar with a new friend, a leopard kitten named Chloeturtles, really big sea turtlesit's not an emu, they wouldn't pose, so here is an ostrich, he looks wise
ok, so I took 70 photos of crocodiles, I like the claws on this one
a crocodile trap, as seen in Darwin harbour & various creeks around the top end
. . . on a final note, those aren't logs, look closely at the banks . . . 
Please show these to your children too, for a taste of what life is like in the Territory. It adds a little adventure to a day in the life of a crafty designer mum. Enjoy, love Jennie
