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crocodiles

To: Denise Goodfellow <>
Subject: crocodiles
From: Alistair McKeough <>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:12:10 +1000
Proving yet again, that experience does not equal common sense.

2009/7/28 Denise Goodfellow <>

>
> Actually, I'm overwhelmed with visiting birders at the moment and like most
> I guide they're a well-travelled and sensible bunch.
>
> And on " common sense", it wasn't that long ago that a Kakadu tour guide
> with thirteen year's experience, told his party of young backpackers  they
> could go swimming in a billabong at midnight.  One didn't come out alive.
> Denise
>
>
> on 28/7/09 7:09 PM, Alistair McKeough at :
>
> > Okay Denise, I think any internationals reading this are sufficiently
> > terrified so they will never visit the NT again.
> >
> > More seriously though, it's good advice, but there aren't any dangers
> > that cannot be avoided with some basic common sense!
> >
> > - Original message -
> > While I¹m on the subject of threats, I¹d like to mention crocodi...
> >
> >
> >
> > On 7/28/09, Denise Goodfellow <> wrote:
> >> While I¹m on the subject of threats, I¹d like to mention crocodiles.
>  Don¹t
> >> go anywhere near the water¹s edge at either Leanyer Sewage Ponds or Fogg
> >> Dam.   Parks and Wildlife have been unable to trap big crocs in both
> areas.
> >> Staying in your car is the safest option.
> >>
> >> If you walk through the monsoon forest at Fogg Dam, be extra careful as
> I
> >> wouldn¹t be surprised if the big crocodile sometimes entered there as
> well.
> >> Denise
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